Functional Characterization of a Novel Class of Morantel-Sensitive Acetylcholine Receptors in Nematodes

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Courtot, Elise ^a,b   Charvet, Claude L ^a,b   Beech, Robin N ^a,c   Harmache, Abdallah ^a,b   Wolstenholme, Adrian J ^d   Holden Dye, Lindy ^e   O’Connor, Vincent ^e   Peineau, Nicolas ^b   Woods, Debra J ^f   Neveu, Cedric ^a,b  

^a UR1282   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f ZOETIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MORANTEL; PYRANTEL; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; HELMINTH PROTEIN;

ACR 26 GENE; ACR 27 GENE; ADULT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; NEMATODE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; PARASCARIS EQUORUM; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ANIMAL; ASCARIDOIDEA; GENETICS; HAEMONCHUS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ASCARIDOIDEA; BASE SEQUENCE; HAEMONCHUS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORANTEL; NEMATODA; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC;

EID: 84953278168     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005267     Document Type: Article

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