Novel acetylcholinesterase target site for malaria mosquito control

PLoS ONE

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Pang, Yuan Ping ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; PESTICIDE; SERINE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; INSECTICIDE;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; APHID; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CAT; CATALYSIS; CATTLE; COCKROACH; COVALENT BOND; DOG; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HONEYBEE; INSECT; MALARIA CONTROL; MAMMAL; MELON; MONKEY; MOSQUITO; MOTH; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OAT; PROTEIN TARGETING; RABBIT; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; WORM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALARIA; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; RAT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; APHIDIDAE; APHIS GOSSYPII; APIS MELLIFERA; BLATTELLA GERMANICA; BOMBYX MORI; BOS; BRANCHIOSTOMA FLORIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CUCUMIS; CULEX PIPIENS; CYDIA POMONELLA; HELICOVERPA ZEA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; MAMMALIA; MYZUS PERSICAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PLUTELLIDAE; RATTUS; SCHIZAPHIS GRAMINUM; SITOBION AVENAE; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CATS; CATTLE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DOGS; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; RABBITS; RATS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 50649113765     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000058     Document Type: Article

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