Anthelmintic drugs
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Anthelmintic drugs.
C. elegans is sensitive to the majority of anthelmintic drugs that are used against parasitic worm infections of humans and livestock. This has provided the opportunity to use molecular genetic techniques in the worm for mode of action studies. These approaches continue to be of considerable value to the field of parasitology. In addition, there are numerous examples of anthelmintic drugs provi...
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عنوان ژورنال: WormBook
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1551-8507
DOI: 10.1895/wormbook.1.143.1