Arginine metabolism in Trichomonas vaginalis infected with Mycoplasma hominis

Microbiology

Volumn 156, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3734-3743

  Morada, Mary ^a   Manzur, Mafruha ^a   Lam, Brian ^a   Tan, Cho ^a   Tachezy, Jan ^b   Rappelli, Paola ^c   Dessì, Daniele ^c   Fiori, Pier L ^c   Yarlett, Nigel ^a  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ARGININE DEIMINASE; ORNITHINE; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; PUTRESCINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME METABOLISM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LABORATORY; METABOLIC REGULATION; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARGININE; HYDROLASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 78650060364     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.042192-0     Document Type: Article

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