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Amplification of various esterase B's responsible for organophosphate resistance inCulex mosquitoes

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  1. C. Mouchès

    Present address: Université de Pau, IBEAS (CNRS, UA 168), Campus Universitaire, 64000, Pau, France

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  1. Department of Entomology, University of California, 92521, Riverside, California

    M. Raymond, V. Beyssat-Arnaouty, N. Sivasubramanian, G. P. Georghiou & N. Pasteur

  2. Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution (CNRS, UA 327), Université de Montpellier II (case postale 064), 34060, Montpellier, France

    M. Raymond, V. Beyssat-Arnaouty & N. Pasteur

  3. Station de Zoologie, INRA, B.P. 2078, 06606, Antibes, France

    C. Mouchès

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The present investigation was supported in part by grants from MRES (No. 86.C.0593), PIREN (ASP “Resistance”), and INSERM (No. 87.1012) of France, by U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity Contract No. DAM17-85-C-5170 and 8715230 (to G.P.G.), by grants from the NSF (INT-8413822 to G.P.G.) and CNRS (to N.P.) under the U.S.-France Collaborative Science Program, and by the University of California Mosquito Research Program. M.R. and V.B. were supported by a fellowship from the Ministère des Relations Extérieures of France during part of the study.

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Raymond, M., Beyssat-Arnaouty, V., Sivasubramanian, N. et al. Amplification of various esterase B's responsible for organophosphate resistance inCulex mosquitoes. Biochem Genet 27, 417–423 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02399670

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