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resistance transfer factor

–noun
R factor.
Also called resistance factor.


Origin:
1955–60
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resistance factor  
n.  See R factor.
R factor  
n.  Any of the conjugative or nonconjugative plasmids that carry and transmit genes responsible for resistance to antibiotics from one bacterium to another. Also called resistance factor, resistance plasmid, R plasmid.

[r(esistance).]
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resistance transfer factor n.
The transfer gene of a conjugative resistance plasmid.

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