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    Plasmid-mediated resistance is the transfer of antibiotic resistance genes which are carried on plasmids. Plasmids possess mechanisms that ensure their...
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    The mobilized colistin resistance (mcr) gene confers plasmid-mediated resistance to colistin, one of a number of last-resort antibiotics for treating...
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    on the bacterial chromosome or may be acquired via plasmid transfer (plasmid-mediated resistance), and β-lactamase gene expression may be induced by...
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    however, plasmids are sometimes present in archaea and eukaryotic organisms. Plasmids often carry useful genes, such as antibiotic resistance and virulence...
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    of resistance that pathogens or cancers have "acquired", that is, resistance has evolved. Antimicrobial resistance and antineoplastic resistance challenge...
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    gonorrhoeae, which developed a resistance to azithromycin in 2011. In gram-negative bacteria, plasmid-mediated resistance genes produce proteins that can...
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    Hooper DC (October 2006). "The worldwide emergence of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance". The Lancet. Infectious Diseases. 6 (10): 629–640. doi:10...
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    Antibiotic use in livestock (category Antimicrobial resistance)
    commonality between resistance genes from livestock sources and those found in human infections, even when examining plasmid-mediated resistance. The use of antibiotics...
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  • studies. As for antibiotics, horizontal transfer of phage resistance can be acquired by plasmid acquisition. Yeasts such as Candida species can become resistant...
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    in K. pneumoniae and is responsible for up to 20% of the plasmid-mediated ampicillin resistance in this species. ESBLs in this family also have amino acid...
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  • (T-DNA) binary system is a pair of plasmids consisting of a T-DNA binary vector and a vir helper plasmid. The two plasmids are used together (thus binary)...
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    "Zeocin Resistance plasmid". Zeocin Resistance plasmid. InvivoGen (25 November 2016). "Zeocin Resistance plasmid". Zeocin Resistance plasmid. InvivoGen...
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    PGLO (category Plasmids)
    The pGLO plasmid is an engineered plasmid used in biotechnology as a vector for creating genetically modified organisms. The plasmid contains several...
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    presence of the antibiotic. Resistance in VRSA is conferred by the plasmid-mediated vanA gene and operon. Although VRSA infections are uncommon, VRSA is...
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    quinolones). The resistance is mediated by the presence of multiple genes related to drug resistance in the chromosome or plasmid. Resistance to vancomycin...
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    bacterium with a conjugative plasmid (for example, the F-factor) integrated into its chromosomal DNA. The integration of the plasmid into the cell's chromosome...
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    Horizontal gene transfer (category Antimicrobial resistance)
    It often involves temperate bacteriophages and plasmids. Genes responsible for antibiotic resistance in one species of bacteria can be transferred to...
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    Durupınar B, Bozdoğan B (October 2011). "[Investigation of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated from cystic fibrosis...
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    antibiotics like penicillin. Penicillinase-mediated resistance in N. gonorrhoeae is mediated by the plasmid borne TEM-1 type beta-lactamase which falls...
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    Antibiotic resistance is the most commonly used marker for prokaryotes. The transforming plasmid contains a gene that confers resistance to an antibiotic...
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    Canadian MRSA isolate "MUP87" and is probably located on a nonconjugative plasmid. Pseudomonic acid (mupirocin) inhibits isoleucine—tRNA ligase in bacteria...
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    A. Zakharyan reported the presence of a plasmid in a strain of B. thuringiensis and suggested the plasmid's involvement in endospore and crystal formation...
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    contains the T-DNA region of the disarmed plasmid, together with a selectable marker (such as antibiotic resistance) to enable selection for plants that have...
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  • distributed equally between daughter cells during cell division. plasmid-mediated resistance plastid Any of a class of membrane-bound organelles found in...
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    plasmid cDNA vector system. Pasin et al., 2017 develops and presents the pLX transformation vector and uses it to produce a UCBSV clone. This plasmid-only...
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    (systematically araBp) is a promoter found in bacteria and especially as part of plasmids used in laboratory studies. The promoter is a part of the arabinose operon...
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    associated with pathogenic bacteria, having been found on plasmids conferring antibiotic resistance and virulence. Chromosomal toxin-antitoxin systems also...
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    level 0 parts. As all level 1 vectors are binary plasmids, they are used for Agrobacterium mediated temporary expression in plants. Level 2 vectors have...
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  • unique quality of carbapenems is their resistance to hydrolysis by bacterial plasmid and chromosomally mediated extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBL)....
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  • g., F plasmid, many R and some col plasmids. nonconjugative - do not mediate DNA through conjugation, e.g., many R and col plasmids. Plasmids with...
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