Flubendazole interferes with a wide spectrum of cell homeostatic mechanisms in Echinococcus granulosus protoscoleces

Parasitology International

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 270-277

  Cumino, Andrea C ^a,b   Elissondo, María Celina ^a,b   Denegri, Guillermo M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Calcium; Echinococcus granulosus; Flubendazole; Glycogen; Malate dehydrogenase; Tubulin gene expression

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; FLUBENDAZOLE; GLYCOGEN; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; NITAZOXANIDE; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; HOMEOSTASIS; LARVA; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CALCIUM; CATTLE; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLYCOGEN; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; MEBENDAZOLE; MITOCHONDRIA; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; TUBULIN;

ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; VERMES;

EID: 67650424041     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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