Amplification of a serine esterase gene is involved in insecticide resistance in Sri Lankan Culex tritaeniorhynchus

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 307-315

  Karunaratne, S H P P ^b   Vaughan, A ^a,c   Paton, M G ^a   Hemingway, J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Esterases; Insecticide resistance; Mosquitoes; Organophosphates

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULEX TRITAENIORHYNCHUS; INSECTA; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 0032213978     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.1998.740307.x     Document Type: Article

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