Mosquito carboxylesterases: A review of the molecular biology and biochemistry of a major insecticide resistance mechanism

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-12

  Hemingway, J ^a   Karunaratne, S H P P ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Carbamate; Carboxylesterase; Culex; Culicidae; Esterase; Insecticide resistance; Mosquitoes; Organophosphorus insecticides

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLESTERASE; INSECTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND;

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETICS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; METABOLISM; MOSQUITO; NOMENCLATURE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CULICIDAE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDES; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; TERMINOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; CULICIDAE;

EID: 0031930105     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.1998.00082.x     Document Type: Review

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