In vitro selection of Haemonchus contortus for benzimidazole resistance reveals a mutation at amino acid 198 of β-tubulin

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 120-122

  Rufener, Lucien ^a,b   Kaminsky, Ronald ^a   Mäser, Pascal ^b  

^a Centre de Recherche Sante Animale   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Haemonchus contortus; Point mutation; Thiabendazole; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALBENDAZOLE; AMINO ACID; AMINOACETONITRILE; BENZIMIDAZOLE; BETA TUBULIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; IVERMECTIN; MONEPANTEL; TIABENDAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; HAEMONCHOSIS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; IN VITRO SELECTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R FACTOR; SHEEP DISEASE;

HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; DNA, HELMINTH; DRUG RESISTANCE; HAEMONCHUS; IVERMECTIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THIABENDAZOLE; TUBULIN;

EID: 68749109570     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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