Evaluating the effect of horizontal transmission on the stability of plasmids under different selection regimes

Mobile Genetic Elements

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 29-33

  Peña Miller, Rafael ^a   Rodríguez González, Rogelio ^a   Maclean, R Craig ^b   San Millan, Alvaro ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Bacteria; Horizontal gene transfer; Mathematical model; Plasmid stability

Indexed keywords

NEOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POPULATION GENETICS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 85053361660     PISSN: 21592543     EISSN: 2159256X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2159256X.2015.1045115     Document Type: Article

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