Strategies to combat antimicrobial resistance: anti-plasmid and plasmid curing
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DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuy031
Abstract: Abstract Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global problem hindering treatment of bacterial infections, rendering many aspects of modern medicine less effective. AMR genes (ARGs) are frequently located on plasmids, which are self-replicating elements of DNA.… read more here.
Keywords: medicine; plasmid curing; strategies combat; antimicrobial resistance ... See more keywords
Purification and Characterization of an Active Principle, Lawsone, Responsible for the Plasmid Curing Activity of Plumbago zeylanica Root Extracts
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DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02618
Abstract: Plasmid curing is the process of obviating the plasmid encoded functions such as antibiotic resistance, virulence, degradation of aromatic compounds, etc. in bacteria. Several plasmid curing agents have been reported in literature, however, no plasmid… read more here.
Keywords: plasmid curing; lawsone; curing activity;