Study of the nematode putative GABA type-A receptor subunits: Evidence for modulation by ivermectin

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 870-878

  Feng, Xiao Peng ^a   Hayashi, Jon ^b   Beech, Robin N ^a   Prichard, Roger K ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FMC CORPORATION   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic resistance; GABA; Inhibitory ligandgated ion channel; Ivermectin; Neurotransmitter receptor; Two electrode voltage clamp

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; IVERMECTIN; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GENE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HG1 GENE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION; HAEMONCHUS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; IVERMECTIN; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYTES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFECTION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0036847196     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2002.01199.x     Document Type: Article

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