Molecular and kinetic evidence for allelic variants of esterase Estβ1 in the mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 274-281

  Small, G J ^a   Karunaratne, S H P P ^b   Chadee, D D ^c   Hemingway, J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^c Ministry of Health Trinidad and Tobago   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Carboxylesterase; Colombia, Trinidad; Culex quinquefaciatus; Kinetics; Mosquito; Organophosphorus insecticide

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESTERASE; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CULEX; ESTERASES; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDES; KINETICS; MALATHION; NITRILES; PROPOXUR; PYRETHRINS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; INSECTA;

EID: 0033167157     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.1999.00171.x     Document Type: Article

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