Investigation of Acetylcholine Receptor Diversity in a Nematode Parasite Leads to Characterization of Tribendimidine- and Derquantel-Sensitive nAChRs

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Buxton, Samuel K ^a,b   Charvet, Claude L ^b,c   Neveu, Cedric ^b,c   Cabaret, Jacques ^b,c   Cortet, Jacques ^b,c   Peineau, Nicolas ^c   Abongwa, Melanie ^a   Courtot, Elise ^b   Robertson, Alan P ^a   Martin, Richard J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UR1282   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; DERQUANTEL; HELMINTH PROTEIN; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; OXEPINE DERIVATIVE; PHENYLENEDIAMINE DERIVATIVE; TRIBENDIMIDINE;

ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NEMATODE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; INDOLES; NEMATODA; OXEPINS; PHENYLENEDIAMINES; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84893798649     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003870     Document Type: Article

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