Transposons and Integrons: Natural Genetic Engineering of Bacterial Resistance
The advent of antibiotics in clinical medicine has resulted in the emergence of multiresistant strains of bacteria. Bacteria possess sophisticated mechanisms of genetic exchange that have driven their recent evolution. Among these are transposons and integrons, the latter having interesting parallel...
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| Language: | English |
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Wiley
1999-01-01
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| Series: | Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1999/619276 |
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