In vivo expression of ferredoxin in a drug resistant trichomonad increases metronidazole susceptibility

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 153-157

  Land, Kirkwood M ^a   Delgadillo, Maria G ^a   Johnson, Patricia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Genetic complementation; Trichomonas; Tritrichomonas foetus

Indexed keywords

FERREDOXIN; KANAMYCIN KINASE; METRONIDAZOLE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PYRUVIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLAGELLATE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GLYCOLYSIS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STOP CODON; TRICHOMONAS FOETUS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTITRICHOMONAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FERREDOXINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; METRONIDAZOLE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRITRICHOMONAS; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 0037197762     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(02)00025-7     Document Type: Article

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