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Sodium channel gene expression associated with pyrethroid resistant house flies and German cockroaches.
Gene - 1 Sept 2006
Xu Qiang, Wang Haichuan, Zhang Lee, Liu Nannan
Abstract excerpt
The voltage-gated sodium channels of the insect nervous system are the primary target of DDT and pyrethroid insecticides. The loss of target site sensitivity to insecticides resulting from a substitution of leucine to phenylalanine, termed the L-to-F kdr mutation, in the sodium channel of the insect nervous system is known to be important in insecticide resistance. Yet, little is known about the molecular basis...
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