Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, February 17th, 2004
In a recent study from Thailand, "Two new genes in the cytochrome P450 (CYP6) family 6 with complete coding sequences were cloned and sequenced from deltamethrin-resistant Anopheles minimus, a major malaria vector in Thailand."
"CYP6P5 encodes a protein of 508 amino acids, while CYP6AA2 contains 505 residues," reported P. Rongnoparut and coauthors working at Mahidol University. "Each encoded protein contains a hydrophobic N-terminal region and a highly conserved heme-binding region typical of P450s."
"Alignments of deduced...
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