Cloning and sequence analysis of the candidate nicotinic acetylcholine receptor alpha subunit gene tar-1 from Trichostrongylus colubriformis

Gene

Volumn 182, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 97-100

  Wiley, L J ^a   Weiss, A S ^a   Sangster, N C ^a   Li, Qun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Genomic; Levamisole; Nematode; Parasitic

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; LEVAMISOLE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DATA BASE; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EXONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS;

EID: 0030571544     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00520-3     Document Type: Article

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