Target-based and whole-worm screening approaches to anthelmintic discovery

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 186, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 118-123

  Kotze, A C ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Cuticle; Drug target; Ecdysone; Nematode

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTINEMATODAL AGENT; CRY5B TOXIN; CYCLOTIDE; LEVAMISOLE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; TRIBENDIMIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CUTICLE; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG TARGETING; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HELIGMOSOMOIDES; HEMOLYSIS; INTESTINE; MOLTING; NEMATODE; NEMATODE LIFE CYCLE STAGE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPOROGENESIS;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYCLOTIDES; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DRUG DISCOVERY; ECDYSONE; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; INTESTINES; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; RECEPTORS, STEROID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

HEXAPODA; NEMATODA;

EID: 84859157967     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.11.052     Document Type: Article

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