Structural characterization of acetylcholinesterase 1 from the sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 639-650

  Coutinho Abreu, I V ^a,b   Balbino, V Q ^a   Valenzuela, J G ^c   Sonoda, I V ^a   Ramalho Ortigao J M ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Carbamate resistance; Lutzomyia longipalpis; Organophosphorus resistance

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PSYCHODIDAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PSYCHODIDAE; RNA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CULEX TRITAENIORHYNCHUS; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 34447565236     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2007)44[639:SCOAFT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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