Selective and irreversible inhibitors of mosquito acetylcholinesterases for controlling malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Pang, Yuan Ping ^a   Ekström, Fredrik ^b   Polsinelli, Gregory A ^a   Gao, Yang ^a   Rana, Sandeep ^c   Hua, Duy H ^c   Andersson, Björn ^b   Andersson, Per Ola ^b   Peng, Lei ^a   Singh, Sanjay K ^a,e   Mishra, Rajesh K ^a   Zhu, Kun Yan ^c   Fallon, Ann M ^d   Ragsdale, David W ^d   Brimijoin, Stephen ^a  

^a MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CYSTEINE; INSECTICIDE; MERCAPTOETHANOL; THIOMESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; APHID; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PEST; CULEX PIPIENS; DENATURATION; DISEASE CARRIER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; ERYTHROCYTE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICELLE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; APHIDIDAE; AVES; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX PIPIENS PIPIENS; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DISEASE VECTORS; MALARIA; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 69949084405     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006851     Document Type: Article

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