Structure, function and applications of carboxylesterases from insects for insecticide Resistance

Protein and Peptide Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1181-1188

  Yan, Shuaiguo ^a,b   Cui, Feng ^a   Qiao, Chuanling ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Carboxylesterase; Esterase; Insect; Insecticide; Insecticide resistance

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLESTERASE; INSECT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; INSECT; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INSECTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 69549136894     PISSN: 09298665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986609789071243     Document Type: Article

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