Cloning and characterization of cDNAs encoding β-tubulin from Dirofilaria immitis and Onchocerca volvulus

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 356-360

  Geary, Timothy G ^a   Nulf, Susan C ^a   Alexander Bowman, Susan J ^a   Mahmoud, Babiker M ^a,b   Prichard, Roger K ^a,c   Klein, Ronald D ^a  

^a Anim Hlth Discov Res P   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTIFILARIAL AGENT; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; BETA TUBULIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; GENOME; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DNA, HELMINTH; FEMALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, HELMINTH; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TUBULIN;

BRUGIA PAHANGI; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCA GIBSONI; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS;

EID: 0031957678     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284495     Document Type: Article

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