A novel biological activity of praziquantel requiring voltage-operated Ca2+ channel β subunits: Subversion of flatworm regenerative polarity

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Nogi, Taisaku ^a   Zhang, Dan ^a   Chan, John D ^a   Marchant, Jonathan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL BETA SUBUNIT; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG TARGETING; DUGESIA JAPONICA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLATYHELMINTH; REGENERATIVE ABILITY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; GENE SILENCING; PLATYHELMINTHS; PRAZIQUANTEL; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; REGENERATION; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 68349085863     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000464     Document Type: Article

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