A putative neuromuscular acetylcholinesterase gene from Dictyocaulus viviparus

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 313-317

  Lazari, Ovadia ^a   Selkirk, Murray E ^b   Ploeger, Harm W ^c   Matthews, Jacqueline B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acetylcholine; acetylcholinesterase; Acetylcholinesterase; ACh; AChE; Dictyocaulus viviparus; glycosylphosphatidylinositol; GPI; Nematode; nt; nucleotides; p.i.; PAS; peripheral anionic site; post infection

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE;

ARTICLE; DICTYOCAULUS VIVIPARUS; DNA SEQUENCE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DICTYOCAULUS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, HELMINTH; GENES, HELMINTH; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

DICTYOCAULUS; DICTYOCAULUS VIVIPARUS; PROTOZOA; VIVIPARUS;

EID: 2942568148     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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