Acetylcholinesterase in insecticide resistant Culex tritaeniorhynchus: Characteristics accompanying insensitivity to inhibitors

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-44

  Mamiya, Akira ^a   Ishikawa, Yukio ^a   Kono, Yoshiaki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Culex tritaeniorhynchus; Insecticide resistance; Insensitivity

Indexed keywords

CULEX TRITAENIORHYNCHUS;

EID: 0031530365     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.32.37     Document Type: Article

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