Characterization and comparative analysis of the complete Haemonchus contortus β-tubulin gene family and implications for benzimidazole resistance in strongylid nematodes

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 465-475

  Saunders, Gary Ian ^a,b   Wasmuth, James David ^c   Beech, Robin ^d   Laing, Roz ^a   Hunt, Martin ^b   Naghra, Hardeep ^b,e   Cotton, James A ^b   Berriman, Matt ^b   Britton, Collette ^a   Gilleard, John Stuart ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Tubulin; Anthelmintic resistance; Benzimidazoles; Caenorhabditis elegans; Haemonchus contortus; Nematode

Indexed keywords

BENZIMIDAZOLE; BETA TUBULIN;

ANNELID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE; NEMATODE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PARASITE; PHYLOGENETICS;

ANTHELMINTHIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BETA TUBULIN GENE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; STRONGYLIDA;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HAEMONCHUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TUBULIN;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; STRONGYLIDA;

EID: 84876319393     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2012.12.011     Document Type: Article

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