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resistance-transferring episomes (medicine)


resistance-transferring episomes -->
resistance plasmids


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.