Characterization of Egyptian isolates of Trichomonas vaginalis I. Isoenzyme patterns.
Three T. vaginalis isolates from Egypt were compared for their isoenzyme electrophoretic patterns on cellulose acetate. The enzymes studied were: glucose-6-dehydrogenase (G6PD); malate dehydrogenase (MDH); phosphoglucomutase (PGM); glucose phosphate isomerase (GPI); malic enzyme (ME); hexokinase (HK) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH). The three isolates shared the same isoenzyme banding patterns of MDH; GPI; HK and LDH. Two of these isolates were similar in their banding patterns of G6PD, PGM and different from those of the third isolate. The latter was similar to one of the two isolates and different from the other in the ME isoenzyme patterns.
Salem
S A
SA
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Azab
M E
ME
Abd el Ghaffar
F M
FM
el Sherif
E A
EA
Makled
K A
KA
Habib
F S
FS
D000818:Animals; D004588:Electrophoresis, Cellulose Acetate; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000032:analysis*; D014247:Trichomonas Vaginitis / Q000469:parasitology*; D014246:Trichomonas vaginalis / Q000201:enzymology*
D007527:Isoenzymes