Identification and stage-specific expression of two putative P-glycoprotein coding genes in Onchocerca volvulus

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 273-281

  Huang, Yue Jin ^a   Prichard, Roger K ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Ivermectin; Onchocerca volvulus; P glycoprotein

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN P; IVERMECTIN;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIFE CYCLE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DRUG RESISTANCE; FILARICIDES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HELMINTH; HUMANS; IVERMECTIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; P-GLYCOPROTEIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EUKARYOTA; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; MAMMALIA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032790754     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00104-8     Document Type: Article

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