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Identification and characterization of novel organophosphate detoxifying esterase alleles in the Guangzhou area of China.
Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association - 1 Dec 2001
Weill M, Marquine M, Berthomieu A, Dubois M P, Bernard C, Qiao C L, Raymond M
Abstract excerpt
In the mosquito Culex pipiens, various alleles at the Ester locus provide insecticide resistance. These resistance alleles display a heterogeneous geographical distribution, particularly in China, where they are highly diverse. A new resistance allele, Ester9, coding for the overproduced esterases A9 and B9, is characterized and compared to the known resistant allele Ester8 isolated from the same southern China...
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