Giardia intestinalis escapes oxidative stress by colonizing the small intestine: A molecular hypothesis

IUBMB Life

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-25

  Mastronicola, Daniela ^a   Giuffrè, Alessandro ^a   Testa, Fabrizio ^a   Mura, Antonella ^b   Forte, Elena ^a   Bordi, Eugenio ^c   Pucillo, Leopoldo Paolo ^c   Fiori, Pier Luigi ^b   Sarti, Paolo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

Author keywords

cell proteolysis; detoxifying enzyme; flavoprotein; O2 consumption; oxidative stress; protozoan pathogen

Indexed keywords

FLAVODIIRON PROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXYGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN AFFINITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SMALL INTESTINE; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INTESTINE, SMALL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 79951971253     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iub.409     Document Type: Article

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