The role of the Aedes aegypti Epsilon glutathione transferases in conferring resistance to DDT and pyrethroid insecticides

• Main Authors: Nongkran Lumjuan, Shavanthi Rajatileka, Donch Changsom, Jureeporn Wicheer, Posri Leelapat, La aied Prapanthadara, Pradya Somboon, Gareth Lycett, Hilary Ranson
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=79951516803&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/49619
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

The Epsilon glutathione transferase (GST) class in the dengue vector Aedes aegypti consists of eight sequentially arranged genes spanning 53,645 bp on super contig 1.291, which maps to chromosome 2. One Epsilon GST, GSTE2, has previously been implicated in conferring resistance to DDT. The amino aci...