Antibiotic Resistance

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Year 2 Flashcards on Antibiotic Resistance, created by gina_evans0312 on 16/04/2014.
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Obtaining Resistance- Rare Chromosomal mutation
Obtaining Resistance- Extrachromosomal Elements Transposons or Plasmids
Obtaining Resistance- Transference Resistance can be transferred across species barrier as phenotypic changes
Inactivating Enzymes Production of enzymes that prevent antibiotics from working
Reduced Binding Alteration of antibiotic targets so bacteria can no longer bind
Reduced Influx Alteration of channels so reduced antibiotic entrance into the cell
Increased Efflux Creation/alteration of channels to actively transport of antibiotics out of the cell
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