Medical Definition of R plasmids

1. Plasmid's carrying genes responsible for antibiotic (or antibacterial drug) resistance among bacteria (notably Enterobacteriaceae); they may be conjugative or nonconjugative plasmid's, the former possessing transfer genes (resistance transfer factor) lacking in the latter. Synonym: R factors, R plasmids, resistance factors, resistance-transferring episomes. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of R Plasmids

RWA
RWD
RWDs
RXVRG endoprotease
R & B
R & D
R Us
R acid
R and B
R and R
R antigen
R body
R enzyme
R loop
R plasmid
R plasmids (current term)
R recombinase
R wave
Raaya
Rab28 GTPase
Rab29 GTPase
Rab geranylgeranyltransferase
Rabaul Creole German
Rabb
Rabbi
Rabbi Moses Ben Maimon
Rabbie
Rabbitland

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