Isolation and characterization of an unamplified esterase B3 gene from malathion-resistant Culex tarsalis

Biochemical Genetics

Volumn 35, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 119-138

  Tittiger, Claus ^a   Walker, Virginia K ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

cDNA; Esterase; Insecticide resistance; Mosquitoes

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE; MALATHION;

ARTICLE; CULEX; GENE ISOLATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX TARSALIS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0030762647     PISSN: 00062928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022213808563     Document Type: Article

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