Mechanisms of in vitro development of resistance to metronidazole in Trichomonas vaginalis

Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 2467-2477

  Rasoloson, Dominique ^a   Vaňáčová, Štěpáka ^a   Tomková, Eva ^a   Rázga, Jakub ^a   Hrdý, Ivan ^a   Tachezy, Jan ^a   Kulda, Jaroslav ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Ferredoxin; Ferredoxin oxidoreductase; Hydrogenosomal malic enzyme; Hydrogenosome; Pyruvate

Indexed keywords

FERREDOXIN; HYDROGENASE; LACTIC ACID; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; METRONIDAZOLE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PYRUVIC ACID; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; ANTITRICHOMONAL AGENT; PYRUVATE SYNTHASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CELL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; DECARBOXYLATION; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG ACTIVATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PARASITE ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

PROTOZOA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

ANIMALS; ANTITRICHOMONAL AGENTS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMANS; KETONE OXIDOREDUCTASES; METRONIDAZOLE; PYRUVATE SYNTHASE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 0036667435     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-148-8-2467     Document Type: Article

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