What can Caenorhabditis elegans tell us about nematocides and parasites?

Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 252-263

  Dent, Joseph A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthelmintics; C. elegans; Drug resistance; Nematocides; Nematodes

Indexed keywords

EID: 52549110867     PISSN: 12268372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02931986     Document Type: Article

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