“…The second change involves modification of regulatory DNA sequences outside the protein coding region, which results in increased protein synthesis. Gene amplification has been conclusively documented in the aphids, Myzus persicae (esterases E4 and FE4) (Field et al, 1988;Field and Devonshire, 1998) and Schizaphis graminum (Type I esterases) Ono et al, 1999), mosquitoes, Culex quinquefasciatus, C. pipens, C. tarsalis, and C. tritaeniorhynchus (esterases A and B) (Mouches et al,1986;Karunaratne et al, 1998;Hemingway et al, 1998), and brown planthoppers, Nilaparvata lugens (NI-EST1) (Small and Hemingway, 2000). The combined results from biochemical, kinetic, and inhibition characterizations (Zhou et al, 2004), as well as immunological analyses (this study) imply an over-expression of the resistance-associated esterase in D. v. virgifera.…”