Drug resistance and neurotransmitter receptors of nematodes: Recent studies on the mode of action of levamisole

Parasitology

Volumn 131, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Martin, R J ^a   Verma, S ^a   Levandoski, M ^a   Clark, C L ^a   Qian, H ^a   Stewart, M ^a   Robertson, A P ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Levamisole; nAChR; Receptor modulation; Receptor subtype; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ARECOLINE; BEPHENIUM; CALCINEURIN; CALCIUM; COBALT; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; LEVAMISOLE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PYRANTEL; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; RYANODINE;

ASCARIS; ASCARIS SUUM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CHANNEL GATING; DRUG BINDING SITE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENZYME INHIBITION; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HISTOGRAM; LARVA; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRONGYLOIDEA; TORPEDO CALIFORNICA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; DRUG RESISTANCE; LARVA; LEVAMISOLE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEMATODA; NEUROPEPTIDES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; RECEPTORS, NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ASCARIS; ASCARIS SUUM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; STRONGYLOIDEA; TORPEDO CALIFORNICA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS;

EID: 33645559431     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182005008668     Document Type: Review

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