The molecular basis of insecticide resistance in mosquitoes.
Insecticide resistance is an inherited characteristic involving changes in one or more insect gene. The molecular basis of these changes are only now being fully determined, aided by the availability of the Drosophila melanogaster and Anopheles gambiae genome sequences. This paper reviews what is currently known about insecticide resistance conferred by metabolic or target site changes in mosquitoes.
Hemingway
Janet
J
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, UK. hemingway@liv.ac.uk
Hawkes
Nicola J
NJ
McCarroll
Lynn
L
Ranson
Hilary
H
D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000235:genetics*; D009033:Culicidae / Q000235:genetics*; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics; D006793:Houseflies / Q000235:genetics; D015222:Sodium Channels / Q000235:genetics
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