Trichomonas vaginalis degrades nitric oxide and expresses a flavorubredoxin-like protein: A new pathogenic mechanism?

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 618-623

  Sarti, P ^a   Fiori, P L ^b   Forte, E ^a   Rappelli, P ^b   Teixeira, M ^c   Mastronicola, D ^a   Sanciu, G ^b   Giuffre A ^a   Brunori, M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

A type flavoprotein; Evolution; Human pathology; Lateral gene transfer; Nitric oxide; Protist; Trichomonas vaginalis

Indexed keywords

FLAVOPROTEIN; FLAVORUBREDOXIN LIKE PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; GENE TRANSFER; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

ANIMALS; FLAVOPROTEINS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROKARYOTA; PROTISTA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 1642318820     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-003-3413-8     Document Type: Article

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