How Relevant is Caenorhabditis elegans as a Model for the Analysis of Parasitic Nematode Biology?

Parasitic Helminths: Targets, Screens, Drugs and Vaccines

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 23-41

  Holden Dye, Lindy ^a   Walker, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic; Caenorhabditis elegans; Mode of action; Nematode; Parasitic; Target discovery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886219602     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527652969.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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