Polymerase chain reaction assay identifies North American members of the Culex pipiens complex based on nucleotide sequence differences in the acetylcholinesterase gene Ace.2

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 323-328

  Aspen, Stephen ^a   Savage, Harry M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Ace.2; Acetylcholinesterase gene; Culex pipiens; Culex pipiens complex; Culex quinquefasciatus; Molecular species identification

Indexed keywords

ARBOVIRUS; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CULEX; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTH AMERICA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; CULEX; GENES, INSECT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORTH AMERICA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 1842834144     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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