Nena Pavlidi

TL;DR: The levels of resistance in Aedes albopictus is relatively low at present compared to Ae.

TL;DR: Recent advances in genome and transcriptome sequencing, together with modern genetic, functional and biochemical techniques, facilitate the unraveling of specific GST-mediated resistance mechanisms.

TL;DR: Three glutathione S-transferases, two of the delta class and one of the mu class, were functionally expressed and characterized and showed the highest affinity toward abamectin and a competitive type of inhibition, which suggests that the insecticide may bind to the H-site of the enzyme.

TL;DR: Docking analysis suggests that both cyflumetofen and its de-esterified metabolite are potential substrates for conjugation by TuGSTd05, and HPLC-MS analysis provided solid indications that TuG STd05 catalyzes the conjugations of ionized glutathione (GS-) to cy flumet ofen and/or its de -esterified metabolites and the resulting metabolite and possible site of attack were identified.

TL;DR: It is shown that this resistance mechanism for resistance to fenvalerate and cypermethrin is common around the world with at least eight different alleles, suggesting a potential origin for the incursion of H. armigera into the Americas.