Expression of five acetylcholine receptor subunit genes in Brugia malayi adult worms

International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 100-109

  Li, Ben Wen ^a   Rush, Amy C ^a   Weil, Gary J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptors; Anthelmintic; Brugia malayi; Filarioideae; In situ hybridization; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

BEPHENIUM; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; DERQUANTEL; LEVAMISOLE; PROTEIN BMA ACR 26; PROTEIN CEL LEV 1; PROTEIN CEL LEV 8; PROTEIN CEL UNC 29; PROTEIN CEL UNC 38; PROTEIN CEL UNC 63; PYRANTEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HELMINTH PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GAMETE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; RNA PROBE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; VAS DEFERENS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME; HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMALS; BRUGIA MALAYI; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME, HELMINTH; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MALE; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 84933523648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22113207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpddr.2015.04.003     Document Type: Article

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