Expression of recombinant β-tubulin alleles from Cylicocyclus nassatus (Cyathostominae)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 687-693

  Blackhall, William J ^a   Drogemuller, Michaela ^a   Schnieder, Thomas ^a   Von Samson Himmelstjerna, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZIMIDAZOLE; BETA TUBULIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE PROTEIN; PHENYLALANINE; TYROSINE;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYLICOCYCLUS NASSATUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; BENZIMIDAZOLES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENES, HELMINTH; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; STRONGYLOIDEA; TUBULIN;

CYATHOSTOMINAE; CYLICOCYCLUS NASSATUS; EQUIDAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STRONGYLES;

EID: 33749430936     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-006-0213-0     Document Type: Article

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