Targeted gene replacement of a ferredoxin gene in Trichomonas vaginalis does not lead to metronidazole resistance

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 115-122

  Land, Kirkwood M ^a,c   Delgadillo Correa, Maria G ^a   Tachezy, Jan ^b   Vanacova, Stepanka ^a   Hsieh, Christine L ^a,d   Sutak, Robert ^b   Johnson, Patricia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; FERREDOXIN; FLAVODOXIN; GENE PRODUCT; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE; KANAMYCIN KINASE; MESSENGER RNA; METRONIDAZOLE;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DRUG ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE LOSS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE TARGETING; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FERREDOXINS; GENETIC MARKERS; GENTAMICINS; KANAMYCIN KINASE; METRONIDAZOLE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMIDS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

PROTOZOA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 0346964277     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03791.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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