cDNA-AFLP analysis in levamisole-resistant Haemonchus contortus reveals alternative splicing in a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 105-107

  Fauvin, Aymeric ^a   Charvet, Claude ^a   Issouf, Mohamed ^a   Cortet, Jacques ^a   Cabaret, Jacques ^a   Neveu, Cédric ^a  

^a UR1282   (France)

Author keywords

cDNA AFLP; Haemonchus contortus; Levamisole resistance; Molecular marker; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit; Parasite nematode

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HELMINTH DNA; HELMINTH RNA; LEVAMISOLE; MESSENGER RNA; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EXON; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PARASITE ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, HELMINTH; DRUG RESISTANCE; HAEMONCHUS; LEVAMISOLE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS;

EID: 74849118451     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2009.11.007     Document Type: Article

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