A simple colorimetric assay for specific detection of Glutathione-S transferase activity associated with DDT resistance in mosquitoes

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Morou, Evangelia ^a,b   Dowd, Andrew J ^a   Rajatileka, Shavanti ^a   Steven, Andrew ^a   Hemingway, Janet ^a   Ranson, Hilary ^a   Paine, Mark ^a   Vontas, John ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 CHLORO 2,4 DINITROBENZENE; ALKYLTRANSFERASE; CHLORPHENOTANE; ETHYL IODIDE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE EPSILON; HALOOLEFIN; REAGENT; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; YELLOW FEVER;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; COLORIMETRY; DDT; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYDROCARBONS, IODINATED; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; PARASITOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78149252004     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000808     Document Type: Article

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