Anthelmintic Resistance as a Guide to the Discovery of New Drugs?

Antiparasitic and Antibacterial Drug Discovery: From Molecular Targets to Drug Candidates

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 17-32

  Samson Himmelstjerna, Georg V ^a   Prichard, Roger K ^b   Wolstenholme, Adrian J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Helminths; Nematodes; Neurotransmitter; P glycoprotein; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891018243     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527626816.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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