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More than <i>mcr</i> : Canonical Plasmid- and Transposon-Encoded Mobilized Colistin Resistance ( <i>mcr</i> ) Genes Represent a Subset of Phosphoethanolamine Transferases
2022-10-03
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Mobilized colistin resistance genes ( mcr ) may confer resistance to colistin, a last-resort, critically important antimicrobial for human health. mcr can often be transmitted horizontally (e.g., via mobile genetic elements); however, mcr encode phosphoethanolamine transferases (PET) closely related to chromosomally encoded, intrinsic lipid modification enzymes (e.g., EptA, EptB, CptA). To explore the genetic d...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 7d7ae7be-9277-5c77-9393-bacbe6ad17f8
- DOI
- 10.1101/2022.10.03.510586
