"R Factors" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A class of plasmids that transfer antibiotic resistance from one bacterium to another by conjugation.
| Descriptor ID |
D011815
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G05.360.600.600
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| Concept/Terms |
R Factors- R Factors
- Factors, R
- Resistance Factors
- Factors, Resistance
- R Plasmids
- Plasmids, R
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The kis and kid genes of the parD maintenance system of plasmid R1 form an operon that is autoregulated at the level of transcription by the co-ordinated action of the Kis and Kid proteins. Mol Microbiol. 1991 Nov; 5(11):2685-93.
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Structural and functional comparison between the stability systems ParD of plasmid R1 and Ccd of plasmid F. Mol Gen Genet. 1991 Mar; 225(3):355-62.
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Antimicrobial drug resistance and resistance factor transfer among clinical isolates of salmonellae in Iran. Scand J Infect Dis. 1990; 22(2):197-203.