Ligand-Gated Ion Channels as Targets for Anthelmintic Drugs: Past, Current, and Future Perspectives

Parasitic Helminths: Targets, Screens, Drugs and Vaccines

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-21

  Lees, Kristin ^a   Sluder, Ann ^b   Shannan, Niroda ^a   Hammerland, Lance ^c   Sattelle, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Scynexis Inc   (United States)

^c BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic drug; Cys loop; Genomics; Ligand gated ion channel; Nematode

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870618625     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527652969.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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