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insecticide metabolic process

Known as: insecticide metabolism 
The chemical reactions and pathways involving insecticides, chemicals used to kill insects. [GOC:ai]
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
Insect P450 inhibitors and insecticides: challenges and opportunities.
P450 enzymes are encoded by a large number of genes in insects, often over a hundred. They play important roles in insecticide… 
Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Gossypol‐enhanced P450 gene pool contributes to cotton bollworm tolerance to a pyrethroid insecticide
Cotton plants accumulate phytotoxins, including gossypol and related sesquiterpene aldehydes, to resist insect herbivores and… 
2012
2012
Discovery of Genes Related to Insecticide Resistance in Bactrocera dorsalis by Functional Genomic Analysis of a De Novo Assembled Transcriptome
Insecticide resistance has recently become a critical concern for control of many insect pest species. Genome sequencing and… 
Review
2011
Review
2011
The biology of insecticidal activity and resistance.
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Multiple insecticide resistance mechanisms in Anopheles gambiae and Culex quinquefasciatus from Benin, West Africa.
Review
2005
Review
2005
Mosquito glutathione transferases.
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Imidacloprid insecticide metabolism: human cytochrome P450 isozymes differ in selectivity for imidazolidine oxidation versus nitroimine reduction.
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Overproduction of a P450 that metabolizes diazinon is linked to a loss‐of‐function in the chromosome 2 ali‐esterase (MdαE7) gene in resistant house flies
Up‐regulation of detoxifying enzymes in insecticide‐resistant strains of the house fly is a common mechanism for metabolic… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Malathion resistance and prevalence of the malathion carboxylesterase mechanism in populations of mosquito vectors of disease in Sri Lanka.
OBJECTIVE To determine the levels of malathion resistance and prevalence of the malathion carboxylesterase mechanism among… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Cytochrome P450 genes from Helicoverpa armigera: expression in a pyrethroid-susceptible and -resistant strain.
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