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Record 1 2010-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
CONT

Antibiotic resistance can be specified by chromosomal or plasmid-encoded genes. Plasmid-mediated resistance is the more serious, as plasmids allow horizontal transfer, disseminating resistance genes to other bacteria.

Key term(s)
  • plasmid mediated resistance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
CONT

Résistance aux antibiotiques [...] Il s’agit de résistance à médiation plasmidique acquise à partir d’autres entérobactéries avec risque de transfert de résistance aux autres souches de Y. pestis [Yersinia pestis].

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-05-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Molecular Biology
OBS

Transfer may occur to pollinators and other insects feeding on the plant, and via the insects, the genes may be transferred to unrelated species of higher plants. Transfer may also occur to gut bacteria or cells of small mammals feeding on the plants. These transfers may reactivate dormant viruses or create new viruses in all the species concerned ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie moléculaire
DEF

Captation, par des bactéries ou des virus, de portions d'ADN de cellules animales en cours de décomposition.

OBS

Lors de la conjugaison bactérienne des gènes animaux peuvent ainsi se transmettre soit par l'entremise de l'ADN circulaire bactérien, soit par des plasmides.

Spanish

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