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: Received: 8 May 2019 / Approved: 10 May 2019 / Online: 10 May 2019 (15:14:41 CEST)
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Faltyn, M.; Alcock, B.; McArthur, A. Evolution and Nomenclature of the Trimethoprim Resistant Dihydrofolate (dfr) Reductases. Preprints2019, 2019050137. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201905.0137.v1
Faltyn, M.; Alcock, B.; McArthur, A. Evolution and Nomenclature of the Trimethoprim Resistant Dihydrofolate (dfr) Reductases. Preprints 2019, 2019050137. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201905.0137.v1
Faltyn, M.; Alcock, B.; McArthur, A. Evolution and Nomenclature of the Trimethoprim Resistant Dihydrofolate (dfr) Reductases. Preprints2019, 2019050137. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201905.0137.v1
APA Style
Faltyn, M., Alcock, B., & McArthur, A. (2019). Evolution and Nomenclature of the Trimethoprim Resistant Dihydrofolate (dfr) Reductases. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201905.0137.v1
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Faltyn, M., Brian Alcock and Andrew McArthur. 2019 "Evolution and Nomenclature of the Trimethoprim Resistant Dihydrofolate (dfr) Reductases" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201905.0137.v1
Abstract
With the increasing use of genome sequencing as a surveillance tool for molecular epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), databases and clear nomenclature for AMR gene families are critical. Due to the convoluted nomenclatural history of the integron-associated trimethoprim-resistant dihydrofolatereductase (dfr) gene family, we decided to conduct a literature review, comparative sequence analysis, and phylogenetic investigation of the dfr family, the results of which are presented here and available at the Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database (CARD). Overall, literature review and phylogenetic analysis resolved gene name synonyms based on sequence. We recommend adoption of phylogenetic methods to help guide AMR gene naming efforts and relegation of misleading names to synonyms.
Biology and Life Sciences, Immunology and Microbiology
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