Monepantel allosterically activates DEG-3/DES-2 channels of the gastrointestinal nematode Haemonchus contortus

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 895-902

  Rufener, Lucien ^a   Baur, Roland ^a   Kaminsky, Ronald ^b   Mäser, Pascal ^a,c,d   Sigel, Erwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Novartis Centre de Recherche Santé Animale   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA1; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BETA2; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR GAMMA2; AMINOACETONITRILE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; CALCIUM ION; CHOLINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR DEG 3; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR DES 2; ION CHANNEL; MONEPANTEL; MONEPANTEL SULFONE; MONOVALENT CATION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENANTIOMER; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 77958126455     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: 15210111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.110.066498     Document Type: Article

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