Bacterial resistance evolution by recruitment of super‐integron gene cassettes
Open Access
- 1 March 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Microbiology
- Vol. 43 (6), 1657-1669
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.02861.x
Abstract
The capture and spread of antibiotic resistance determinants by integrons underlies the rapid evolution of multiple antibiotic resistance among diverse Gram‐negative clinical isolates. The associatio...Keywords
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