Resistance to levamisole resolved at the single-channel level

FASEB Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 749-760

  Robertson, Alan P ^a   Bjorn, Henrik E ^b   Martin, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Clamp; Heterogeneity; nAChR; Oesophagostomum dentatum; Patch; Subtypes

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; LEVAMISOLE; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRONGYLOIDEA;

OESOPHAGOSTOMUM DENTATUM; STRONGYLOIDEA;

EID: 0032892249     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.13.6.749     Document Type: Article

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