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Brief exposures of human body lice to sublethal amounts of ivermectin over-transcribes detoxification genes involved in tolerance.

12:53 EDT 22nd May 2013 | BioPortfolio

Summary of "Brief exposures of human body lice to sublethal amounts of ivermectin over-transcribes detoxification genes involved in tolerance."

Transcriptional profiling results, using our non-invasive induction assay {short exposure intervals (2-5 h) to sublethal amounts of insecticides [

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Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA

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Name: Insect molecular biology
ISSN: 1365-2583
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Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions

Lice

A general name for small, wingless, parasitic insects, previously of the order Phthiraptera. Though exact taxonomy is still controversial, they can be grouped in the orders ANOPLURA (sucking lice), MALLOPHAGA (biting lice), and Rhynchophthirina (elephant-lice).

Phthiraptera

An order of small, wingless parasitic insects, commonly known as lice. The suborders include ANOPLURA (sucking lice); AMBLYCERA; ISCHNOCERA; and Rhynchophthirina (elephant and warthog lice).

Pediculus

Lice of the genus Pediculus, family Pediculidae. Pediculus humanus corporus is the human body louse and Pediculus humanus capitis is the human head louse.

Vitamins

Organic substances that are required in small amounts for maintenance and growth, but which cannot be manufactured by the human body.

Body Composition

The relative amounts of various components in the body, such as percentage of body fat.

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