Plasmids 101: Choosing an Antibiotic Resistance Gene
Type
Blog Post
Published
Oct. 10, 2023, 1 p.m.
...beta-lactam that inhibits cell wall synthesis. The AmpR (amp resistance) gene produces beta-lactamase to...shorter recovery period of 30 minutes is possible with AmpR.
So why even look at another antibiotic if you’ve...degraded by beta-lactamase, just like amp is. Thus, the AmpR gene confers resistance to both carb and amp, due...