Fasciola hepatica expresses multiple α- and β-tubulin isotypes

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-78

  Ryan, Louise A ^a   Hoey, Elizabeth ^a   Trudgett, Alan ^a   Fairweather, Ian ^a   Fuchs, Marc ^a   Robinson, Mark W ^b   Chambers, Emma ^a   Timson, David J ^a   Ryan, Eimear ^a   Feltwell, Theresa ^c   Ivens, Al ^c   Bentley, Geoffrey ^d   Johnston, David ^e  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Fasciola hepatica; Isotypes; Trematode; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BENZIMIDAZOLE; BETA TUBULIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; LEUCINE; PHENYLALANINE; TYROSINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREMATODE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; DRUG RESISTANCE; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUBULIN;

FASCIOLA HEPATICA; TREMATODA;

EID: 41549107141     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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