Modelling insecticide-binding sites in the voltage-gated sodium channel
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Modelling insecticide-binding sites in the voltage-gated sodium channel.
A homology model of the housefly voltage-gated sodium channel was developed to predict the location of binding sites for the insecticides fenvalerate, a synthetic pyrethroid, and DDT an early generation organochlorine. The model successfully addresses the state-dependent affinity of pyrethroid insecticides, their mechanism of action and the role of mutations in the channel that are known to con...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biochemical Journal
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0264-6021,1470-8728
DOI: 10.1042/bj20051925