RNAi-based discovery and validation of new drug targets in filarial nematodes

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 97-100

  Behm, Carolyn A ^a   Bendig, Mary M ^b   McCarter, James P ^c   Sluder, Ann E ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Divergence Inc   (United States)

^d Cambria Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTIFILARIAL AGENT; ANTINEMATODAL AGENT; AVERMECTIN; CARBAMIC ACID; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; IVERMECTIN; LEVAMISOLE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE;

BIOINFORMATICS; BRUGIA MALAYI; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TARGETING; FILARIA; FILARIASIS; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCIASIS; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BRUGIA MALAYI; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FILARIA; NEMATODA;

EID: 13944278892     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2004.12.003     Document Type: Short Survey

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