Characterization of carboxylesterases involved in the insecticide resistance of Culex quinquefasciatus from the Caribbean and South America

The organophosphate resistance-associated elevated esterases Estα2, Estβ1 and Estβ2 were purified to homogeneity from larvae of the Cuban Habana strain. The bimolecular rate constants (kas) of Habana Estβ1 with a range of organophosphates were not significantly different to those of PelRR Estβ21 , a...

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Main Author: Small, Graham John
Other Authors: Hemingway, J.
Published: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (University of London) 1996
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.321663