Selection at a γ-aminobutyric acid receptor gene in Haemonchus contortus resistant to avermectins/milbemycins

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 137-145

  Blackhall, William J ^a,b   Prichard, Roger K ^a   Beech, Robin N ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Avermectin; Drug resistance; GABA receptor; Haemonchus contortus; Moxidectin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; AVERMECTIN; IVERMECTIN; MILBEMYCIN; MOXIDECTIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE (GTP); RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141428987     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(03)00201-9     Document Type: Article

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