Ferredoxin Gene Mutation in Iranian Trichomonas vaginalis Isolates

  Background: Trichomonas vaginalis causes trichomoniasis and metronidazole is its chosen drug for treatment. Ferredoxin has role in electron transport and carbohydrate metabolism and the conversion of an inactive form of metronidazole (CO) to its active form (CPR). Ferredoxin gene mutations redu...

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Main Authors: Soudabeh Heidari, Mojgan Bandehpour, Seyyed-Javad Seyyed-Tabaei, Zarintaj Valadkhani, Ali Haghighi, Alireza Abadi, Bahram Kazemi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2013-09-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Parasitology
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Online Access:https://ijpa.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijpa/article/view/477