Characterization of a Giardia lamblia WB C6 clone resistant to the isoflavone formononetin

Microbiology

Volumn 153, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4150-4158

  Sterk, Maaike ^a   Müller, Joachim ^a   Hemphill, Andrew ^a   Müller, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 NITROIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; DAIDZEIN; FORMONONETIN; GENISTEIN; ISOFLAVONE; NUCLEOSIDASE; PROTEIN DISULFIDE ISOMERASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLONOGENESIS; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENZYME ASSAY; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; INTESTINE PARASITE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; PROTOZOON; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; ISOFLAVONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; N-GLYCOSYL HYDROLASES; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TROPHOZOITES;

ANIMALIA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 37449019188     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/010041-0     Document Type: Article

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