EXPRESSION OF CAENORHABDITIS-ELEGANS MESSENGER-RNA IN XENOPUS-OOCYTES - A MODEL SYSTEM TO STUDY THE MECHANISM OF ACTION OF AVERMECTINS

被引:24
作者
ARENA, JP
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[1] Merck Research Laboratories, Department of Cell Biochemistry and Physiology, Rahway
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PARASITOLOGY TODAY | 1994年 / 10卷 / 01期
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10.1016/0169-4758(94)90357-3
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R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;
摘要
It has recently been shown that Xenopus oocytes injected with mRNA from the free-living nematode Caenorhabditis elegans express avermectin-sensitive chloride channels(1). Joseph Arena here reviews whet is known about the mechanism of action of avermectin and how these recent results relate to the mechanism in nematodes.
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