Caenorhabditis elegans: How good a model for veterinary parasites?

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 101, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 371-386

  Geary, Timothy G ^a   Thompson, David P ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic resistance; Anthelmintics; Caenorhabditis elegans; Nematodes; Parasitism genes

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; AVERMECTIN; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; IVERMECTIN; LEVAMISOLE;

ANIMAL MODEL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PARASITOSIS; PHARMACOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW;

EID: 0035935627     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(01)00562-3     Document Type: Article

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