Acetylcholinesterase cDNA of the cattle tick, Boophilus microplus: Characterisation and role in organophosphate resistance

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 581-589

  Baxter, Glenn D ^a   Barker, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Alternative splicing; Cattle tick; cDNA cloning; Insecticide; Organophosphate resistance

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE ISOLATION; GENETICS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; POINT MUTATION; TICK;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; TICKS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOS TAURUS; HEXAPODA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032143668     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(98)00034-4     Document Type: Article

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