A novel amino acid substitution in the para-sodium channel gene in Rhipicephalus microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) associated with knockdown resistance

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 377-382

  Aguirre, Marcelino ^a   Flores, Adriana E ^b   Álvarez, Genoveva ^a   Molina, Alberto ^a   Rodriguez, Iram ^c   Ponce, Gustavo ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^c Medicina UANL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Knockdown resistance; Mutation; Rhipicephalus microplus

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BIOASSAY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LARVA; LIVESTOCK; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PYRETHROID; SODIUM; TICK;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

ACARI; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS;

EID: 78149501221     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-010-9371-y     Document Type: Article

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