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resistance transfer factor [2 records]

Record 1 2013-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
DEF

Component of transmissible resistance factors that controls transmission of the plasmid and is linearly linked to drug-resistance determinants (R determinants) which carry genetic information specifying resistance to antimicrobial agents.

DEF

A transfer unit which controls transmission of the plasmid and is linearly linked to drug-resistance determinants which carry genetic information specifying resistance to antimicrobial agents.

Key term(s)
  • resistance transferring factor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
DEF

Élément génétique, associé à un facteur R, qui confère à une bactérie l'aptitude à fonctionner comme mâle et à transférer son facteur, au cours de la conjugaison, à toute bactérie réceptrice. Le facteur R, d'autre part, confère la résistance à certains antibiotiques.

OBS

Élément extrachromosomique qui confère la résistance d'une bactérie à un antibiotique.

Spanish

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Record 2 1986-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Engineering

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électrotechnique

Spanish

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