
Antibiotic resistance genes arose long ago in response to naturally occurring antibiotics. Modern medicine has driven further evolution of some of these genes. Resistance can also arise spontaneously by mutation. In bacteria, genes can be inherited or they can be acquired from non-relatives on mobile genetic elements like plasmids. This horizontal gene transfer (HGT) can occur between very different bacteria.
Clinical Brief
Clinical Brief
| selected citations These citations are derived from selected sources. This is an alternative to the "Influence" indicator, which also reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | 206 | |
| popularity This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network. | Top 1% | |
| influence This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | Top 1% | |
| impulse This indicator reflects the initial momentum of an article directly after its publication, based on the underlying citation network. | Top 10% |
