Molecular cloning of an α-esterase gene cluster on chromosome 3R of Drosophila melanogaster

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 235-247

  Russell, R J ^a   Robin, G C ^a,b   Kostakos, P ^a,b   Newcomb, R D ^a,b   Boyce, T M ^a   Medveczky, K M ^a   Oakeshott, J G ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Esterase; Gene cluster; Organophosphate resistance

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME MAP; CHROMOSOME WALKING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; YEAST ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOME WALKING; CHROMOSOMES; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, YEAST; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESTERASES; GENES, INSECT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030111262     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0965-1748(95)00081-X     Document Type: Article

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