Identification of a novel class of insect glutathione S-transferases involved in resistance to DDT in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 359, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 295-304

  Ranson, H ^a   Rossiter, L ^a   Ortelli, F ^a   Jensen, B ^a   Wang, X ^a   Roth, C W ^a   Collins, F H ^a   Hemingway, J ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification of insect GST enzymes; Drosophila genome; Insecticide resistance

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; ETHANE; GENES; RNA;

INSECTS;

ENZYMES;

CHLORPHENOTANE; GENE PRODUCT; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; PROTEIN AGGST1 10; PROTEIN AGGST1 8; PROTEIN AGGST1 9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; CLASSIFICATION; CLONING VECTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; HOUSE FLY; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DDT; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, INSECT; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MALARIA; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0035887445     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3590295     Document Type: Article

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