Ferredoxin involvement in metronidazole resistance of Giardia duodenalis

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 137-140

  Liu, Sue M ^a,b   Brown, David M ^a   O'Donoghue, Peter ^b   Upcroft, Peter ^a   Upcroft, Jacqueline A ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ferredoxin; Giardia duodenalis; Metronidazole resistance; Pyruvate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase

Indexed keywords

HYDROGENASE; METRONIDAZOLE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; DECARBOXYLATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GIARDIASIS; IMMUNOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FERREDOXINS; GIARDIA; KETONE OXIDOREDUCTASES; METRONIDAZOLE; MICE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PYRUVATE SYNTHASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 0034732712     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(00)00194-8     Document Type: Article

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