Differential sensitivity of Ctenocephalides felis and Drosophila melanogaster nicotinic acetylcholine receptor α1 and α2 subunits in recombinant hybrid receptors to nicotinoids and neonicotinoid insecticides

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-61

  Dederer, Helene ^a   Werr, Margaret ^a   Ilg, Thomas ^a  

^a Intervet Innovation GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ctenocephalides felis; Drosophila melanogaster; Epibatidine; Hybrid receptors; Imidacloprid; Insect subunits and chicken 2 subunits; Neonicotinoids; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BUNGAROTOXIN; EPIBATIDINE; FUSED HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; IMIDACLOPRID; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NITRO DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CAT; CHICKEN; CTENOCEPHALIDES; DOSE RESPONSE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OOCYTE; PHYLOGENY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; BINDING SITES; BUNGAROTOXINS; CATS; CHICKENS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CTENOCEPHALIDES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; IMIDAZOLES; INSECTICIDES; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NICOTINE; NITRO COMPOUNDS; OOCYTES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PYRIDINES; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

CTENOCEPHALIDES; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GALLUS GALLUS; HEXAPODA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 78651251286     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2010.09.012     Document Type: Article

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