Mode of action of levamisole and pyrantel, anthelmintic resistance, E153 and Q57

Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1093-1104

  Martin, R J ^a   Robertson, A P ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic resistance; E153 and Q57; Levamisole; Mode of action; Pyrantel

Indexed keywords

2 DESOXOPARAHERQUAMIDE; AMINO ACID; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; LEVAMISOLE; LYSYLHISTIDYLGLUTAMYLTYROSYLLEUCYLARGINYLPHENYLALANYLAMIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PARAHERQUAMIDE; PYRANTEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SELECTIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; DRUG RESISTANCE; LEVAMISOLE; NEMATODA; PYRANTEL;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 34347394336     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182007000029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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