Identification of a mutation in the para-sodium channel gene of the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus associated with resistance to synthetic pyrethroid acaricides

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 775-779

  Morgan, Jess A T ^a,b   Corley, Sean W ^a,c   Jackson, Louise A ^a,b   Lew Tabor, Ala E ^a,c,d   Moolhuijzen, Paula M ^a,d   Jonsson, Nicholas N ^a,c  

^a Cooperative Research Centre for Beef Genetic Technologies ^*  (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acaricide resistance; Cattle tick; Quantitative PCR; Rhipicephalus microplus; Synthetic pyrethroid

Indexed keywords

ACARICIDE; ADENINE; CYTOSINE; LEUCINE; SODIUM CHANNEL;

AMINO ACID; CATTLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GENE; MUTATION; PYRETHROID; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TICK;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RHIPICEPHALUS; SWEET POTATO WHITEFLY;

ACARICIDES; ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CATTLE; GENE COMPONENTS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYRETHRINS; RHIPICEPHALUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SODIUM CHANNELS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ALEYRODIDAE; BEMISIA TABACI; BOOPHILUS; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS;

EID: 63449093708     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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