Heterologous expression of four glutathione transferase genes genetically linked to a major insecticide-resistance locus from the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 373, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 957-963

  Ortelli, Federica ^a   Rossiter, Louise C ^a   Vontas, John ^b   Ranson, Hilary ^a   Hemingway, Janet ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; DDT; Glutathione transferase (GST); Insecticide resistance; Mosquito

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ANTIBODIES; ENZYMES; GENES;

GENE CLUSTERS;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

CHLORPHENOTANE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; PEROXIDASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CROSS REACTIONS; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALARIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARACHNIDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; NEGIBACTERIA; VECTORS;

EID: 0042568971     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20030169     Document Type: Article

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