A beta-tubulin gene from Trichuris trichiura

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 111-116

  Bennett, Andrew B ^a   Barker, Guy C ^a   Bundy, Donald A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic resistance; Beta tubulin gene; Intestinal helminth infection; Trichuris trichiura

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; BETA TUBULIN;

DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; TRICHURIS;

INVERTEBRATA; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

EID: 0032844821     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00112-7     Document Type: Article

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