The role of gene splicing, gene amplification and regulation in mosquito insecticide resistance

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 353, Issue 1376, 1998, Pages 1695-1699

  Hemingway, Janet ^a   Hawkes, Nicola ^a   Prapanthadara, La Aied ^b   Jayawardenal, K G Indrananda ^a   Ranson, Hilary ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Culex; Gene amplification; Gene splicing; Insecticide; Mosquitoes

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CULEX; DETOXIFICATION; ESTERASE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0032578879     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1998.0320     Document Type: Article

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