Haemonchus contortus: Selection at a glutamate-gated chloride channel gene in ivermectin- and moxidectin-selected strains

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 42-48

  Blackhall, William J ^a   Pouliot, Jean François ^a,b   Prichard, Roger K ^a   Beech, Robin N ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Novartis Pharma Canada Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic resistance; GABA, aminobutyric acid; GluC1, glutamate gated chloride; Haemonchus contortus; IVM, ivermectin; MOX, moxidectin; Nematode; P gp, P glycoprotein; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; SSCP, single strand conformation polymorphism

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE CHANNEL; IVERMECTIN; MOXIDECTIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE ISOLATION; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0031721984     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1998.4316     Document Type: Article

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