A novel member of the ligand-gated chloride channel gene family from Haemonchus contortus

Parasitology

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 539-545

  Forrester, S G ^a   Siddiqui, S Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Haemonchus contortus; Ligand gated chloride channel; Molecular cloning; Neurotransmitter receptor

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE CHANNEL; CYSTEINE; LIGAND; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEMATODE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; HAEMONCHUS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA;

EID: 43249105553     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182007004088     Document Type: Article

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