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R Factors
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Definition
: A class of plasmids that transfer antibiotic resistance from one bacterium to another by conjugation.
bacterial
Other names
Resistance Factors; R Plasmids; Plasmids, R; Factors, Resistance; Factors, R
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pMT2 protein, bacteria
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*Bacterial Proteins
R Factors.
Microbiology 2000 Sep;146 ( Pt 9):2249-58
tetracycline resistance-
encoding transposon repressor protein
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*Repressor Proteins
DNA Transposable Elements
Drug Resistance
R Factors
Tetracycline.
J Biol Chem 1982;257(11):6605