Identification of a point mutation in an esterase gene in different populations of the southern cattle tick, Boophilus microplus

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 969-977

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

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Boophilus microplus; Esterases; Point mutation; Pyrethroid resistance; Southern blot

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TICK;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESTERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POINT MUTATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TICKS;

EID: 0033817420     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(00)00069-2     Document Type: Article

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