Cloning and sequencing of a putative acetylcholinesterase cDNA from Boophilus microplus (Acari: Ixodidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 764-770

  Hernandez, Ruben ^a,b   He, Haiqi ^c   Chen, Andrew C ^c   Ivie, G Wayne ^c   George, John E ^d   Wagner, G Gale ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

^c SOUTHERN PLAINS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Boophilus microplus; cDNA sequencing; Organophosphorus resistance

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOS TAURUS; IXODIDAE;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TICK; TORPEDO;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CATTLE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TICKS; TORPEDO;

EID: 0033220206     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/36.6.764     Document Type: Article

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