Possible difference in the structure of acetylcholinesterase between insecticide susceptible and resistant strains of Culex tritaeniorhynchus resulted from structure-activity relationship of 3-alkylsulfonylphenyl methanesulfonates

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 315-319

  Mamiya, Akira ^c   Ishikawa, Yukio ^c   Masui, Akio ^a   Kono, Yoshiaki ^b  

^a NIPPON KAYAKU CO LTD   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase insensitivity; Culex tritaeniorhynchus; Insecticide resistance; Methanesulfonate; Structure activity relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040577316     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.33.315     Document Type: Article

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