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R-Factors: Their Properties and Possible Control

Symposium, Baden near Vienna, April 27–29, 1977

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1977

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Editors:
  1. Jürgen Drews

    1. Section of Chemotherapy, Sandoz Forschungsinstitut Gesellschaft m. b. H., Vienna, Austria

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  2. Gregor Högenauer

    1. Department of Experimental Chemotherapy, Sandoz Forschungsinstitut Ges. m. b. H., Vienna, Austria

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Part of the book series: Topics in Infectious Diseases (TIDIS, volume 2)

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Table of contents (20 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
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  2. Epidemiology of R-Factors

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Incidence and Ecology of R-Factors in Different Environments

      1. Evolutionary Aspects of Plasmid Mediated Resistance in a Hospital Environment
        • J. F. Acar, D. H. Bouanchaud, Y. A. Chabbert
        Pages 5-23
      2. The Geographical Predominance of Resistance Transfer Systems of Various Compatibility Groups in Salmonellae
        • E. S. Anderson
        Pages 25-41
      3. Effect of an Antibiotic-Supplemented Feed on the Ecology of E. coli on a Farm
        • Stuart B. Levy, George B. FitzGerald, Ann B. Macone
        Pages 43-60
      4. The Survival of R-Plasmids in the Absence of Antibiotic Selection Pressure
        • M. H. Richmond
        Pages 61-77

    3. Molecular Factors Responsible For the Spread of R-Factors (Transposons)

      1. Limitations on the Transposition of TnA
        • P. M. Bennett, M. K. Robinson, M. H. Richmond
        Pages 81-100
      2. Transposable Neomycin Phosphotransferases
        • J. Davies, D. Berg, R. Jorgensen, M. Fiandt, T.-S. R. Huang, P. Courvalin et al.
        Pages 101-114
      3. The Transposition of Ampicillin Resistance: Nature of Ampicillin Resistant Haemophilus influenzae and Neisseria gonorrhoeae
        • Stanly Falkow, Lynn P. Elwell, Marilyn Roberts, Fred Heffron, Ron Gill
        Pages 115-129
      4. Properties of DNA Insertion Elements of E. coli
        • Heinz Saedler, Debabrota Ghosal
        Pages 131-140
      5. Studies on IS DNA
        • J. Besemer, H. Chadwell, P. Habermann, D. Kubai-Maroni, D. Pfeifer, F. Schmidt et al.
        Pages 141-147

  3. Molecular and Biochemical Aspects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149
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    2. Phenotypic Effects of R-Factor Genes

      1. The Coding of Small RNA Molecules by the Resistance Factor R 1
        • Gregor Högenauer, Gabriella Hartmann, Christine Ruf
        Pages 153-164
      2. Evolutional Process of the Formation of Multiple Resistance Plasmids
        • S. Mitsuhashi, H. Kawabe, T. Nagate, K. Inoue
        Pages 165-180
      3. Plasmid-Mediated Tetracycline Resistance in E. coli
        • Stuart B. Levy, Laura McMurry, Philip Onigman, Richard M. Saunders
        Pages 181-206
      4. What Is the Mechanism of Plasmid-Determined Resistance to Aminoglycoside Antibiotics?
        • Julian Davies, Sarah A. Kagan
        Pages 207-219
      5. Effect of Plasmids on Cell Division and on the Cell Envelope of Escherichia coli
        • Kurt Nordström, Birgitta Engberg, Petter Gustafsson, Søren Molin, Bernt Eric Uhlin
        Pages 221-240

    3. Metabolism of R-Factor DNA

      1. Molecular Cloning of DNA from the R-Plasmid R6K
        • Jorge H. Crosa, Linda K. Luttropp, Stanley Falkow
        Pages 243-260
      2. Dissociation and Recombination of Fragments with Defined Functions of the Antibiotic Resistance Factor R1
        • W. Goebel, W. Lindenmaier, H. Schrempf, R. Kollek, D. Blohm
        Pages 261-275
      3. The Molecular Nature of R-Factors in Different Bacterial Hosts
        • G. O. Humphreys
        Pages 277-298
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Section of Chemotherapy, Sandoz Forschungsinstitut Gesellschaft m. b. H., Vienna, Austria

    Jürgen Drews

  • Department of Experimental Chemotherapy, Sandoz Forschungsinstitut Ges. m. b. H., Vienna, Austria

    Gregor Högenauer

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: R-Factors: Their Properties and Possible Control

  • Book Subtitle: Symposium, Baden near Vienna, April 27–29, 1977

  • Editors: Jürgen Drews, Gregor Högenauer

  • Series Title: Topics in Infectious Diseases

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8501-8

  • Publisher: Springer Vienna

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag/Wien 1977

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7091-8503-2Published: 19 January 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-7091-8501-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0171-2160

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 362

  • Topics: Medicine/Public Health, general

  • Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Health & Hospitals, Pharma

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