Acquired Antibiotic Resistance Genes: An Overview

In this review an overview is given on antibiotic resistance (AR) mechanisms with special attentions to the AR genes described so far preceded by a short introduction on the discovery and mode of action of the different classes of antibiotics. As this review is only dealing with acquired resistance,...

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Autores principales: van Hoek, Angela H. A. M., Mevius, Dik, Guerra, Beatriz, Mullany, Peter, Roberts, Adam Paul, Aarts, Henk J. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Research Foundation 2011
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Microbiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3202223/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22046172
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2011.00203
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author van Hoek, Angela H. A. M.
Mevius, Dik
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Mullany, Peter
Roberts, Adam Paul
Aarts, Henk J. M.
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description In this review an overview is given on antibiotic resistance (AR) mechanisms with special attentions to the AR genes described so far preceded by a short introduction on the discovery and mode of action of the different classes of antibiotics. As this review is only dealing with acquired resistance, attention is also paid to mobile genetic elements such as plasmids, transposons, and integrons, which are associated with AR genes, and involved in the dispersal of antimicrobial determinants between different bacteria.
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spelling pubmed-32022232011-11-01 Acquired Antibiotic Resistance Genes: An Overview van Hoek, Angela H. A. M. Mevius, Dik Guerra, Beatriz Mullany, Peter Roberts, Adam Paul Aarts, Henk J. M. Front Microbiol Microbiology In this review an overview is given on antibiotic resistance (AR) mechanisms with special attentions to the AR genes described so far preceded by a short introduction on the discovery and mode of action of the different classes of antibiotics. As this review is only dealing with acquired resistance, attention is also paid to mobile genetic elements such as plasmids, transposons, and integrons, which are associated with AR genes, and involved in the dispersal of antimicrobial determinants between different bacteria. Frontiers Research Foundation 2011-09-28 /pmc/articles/PMC3202223/ /pubmed/22046172 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2011.00203 Text en Copyright © 2011 van Hoek, Mevius, Guerra, Mullany, Roberts and Aarts. http://www.frontiersin.org/licenseagreement This is an open-access article subject to a non-exclusive license between the authors and Frontiers Media SA, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in other forums, provided the original authors and source are credited and other Frontiers conditions are complied with.
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