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Genetic analysis of some mutations causing resistance to tetracycline in Escherichia coli K12

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

E. C. R. Reeve
E. C. R. Reeve
Affiliation:
Institute of Animal Genetics, Edinburgh 9

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Mutations in at least five different genetic loci cause some degree of resistance to Chloramphenicol, Tetracycline or both antibiotics in Escherichia coli K12. Two have been identified as chromosomal genes: cmlA near λ prophage and cmlB near pyrD. A third, giving mucoid antibiotic-resistant mutants, is probably capR (Ion) near lac. Another group of mucoid mutants gives marked increases in resistance to Tetracycline and in sensitivity to Puromycin; these mutants do not occur at capR. Although all the mutations have rather small effects on resistance level, the patterns of resistance to the three antibiotics appear to be characteristically different for mutations at different loci.

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Research Article
Information
Genetics Research , Volume 11 , Issue 3 , June 1968 , pp. 303 - 310
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1968

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