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Altered GPI modification of insect AChE improves tolerance to organophosphate insecticides.
Insect biochemistry and molecular biology - 1 Mar 2011
Kakani Evdoxia G, Bon Suzanne, Massoulié Jean, Mathiopoulos Kostas D
Abstract excerpt
The olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae is the most destructive and intractable pest of olives. The management of B. oleae has been based on the use of organophosphate (OP) insecticides, a practice that induced resistance. OP-resistance in the olive fly was previously shown to be associated with two mutations in the acetylcholinesterase (AChE) enzyme that, apparently, hinder the entrance of the OP into the active...
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