Purification and characterisation of an esterase involved in resistance to organophosphorus insecticides in the saw-toothed grain beetle, Oryzaephilus surinamensis (Coleoptera: Silvanidae)

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 435-448

  Conyers, Christine M ^a   MacNicoll, Alan D ^a   Price, Nicholas R ^a  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Esterase; Insecticide resistance; Oryzaephilus surinamensis; Purification

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE; FENITROTHION; MALATHION; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEETLE; COLEOPTERA; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PEST CONTROL;

EID: 0031857433     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(97)00113-6     Document Type: Article

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