Cochlioquinone a, a nematocidal agent which competes for specific (3H)ivermectin binding sites

The Journal of Antibiotics

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1990, Pages 1179-1182

  Schaeffer, James M ^a   Frazier, Easter G ^a   Bergstrom, Alan R ^a   Williamson, Joanne M ^a   Liesch, Jerrold M ^a   Goetz, Michael A ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBENDAZOLE; COCHLIOQUINONE A; IVERMECTIN; LEVAMISOLE; PARAHERQUAMIDE; PHENOTHIAZINE; RADIOISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; BINDING SITE; DRUG CONCENTRATION; DRUG ISOLATION; FERMENTATION; FUNGUS; MOULD; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMAL; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; BENZOQUINONES; BINDING SITES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CAENORHABDITIS; IVERMECTIN; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; RECEPTORS, DRUG;

EID: 0025051246     PISSN: 00218820     EISSN: 18811469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7164/antibiotics.43.1179     Document Type: Article

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