Microbiology - RAMP resistance

被引:11
作者
Buckling, A
Brockhurst, M
机构
[1] Univ Oxford, Dept Zool, Oxford OX1 3PS, England
[2] Univ Montpellier 2, ISEM, F-34095 Montpellier, France
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10.1038/438170a
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
There is an urgent need for new antimicrobial agents because antibiotic resistance has become so prevalent. But a promising class of such agents, known as RAMPs, may suffer from the same problem.
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页码:170 / 171
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