Characterization of an acetylcholine receptor gene of haemonchus contortus in relation to levamisole resistance

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 179-187

  Hoekstra, Ruurdtje ^a,b   Visser, Allerdien ^a   Wiley, Lisa J ^a,c   Weiss, Anthony S ^c   Sangster, Nicholas C ^c   Roos, Marleen H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic resistance; Caenorhabditis elegans; Haemonchus contortus; Levamisole; Nicotine acetylcholine receptor

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LEVAMISOLE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, HELMINTH; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENES, HELMINTH; HAEMONCHUS; LEVAMISOLE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0031049803     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(96)02793-4     Document Type: Article

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