Control of Bacterial Infections in the Hard Tick Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae): Evidence for the Existence of Antimicrobial Proteins in Tick Hemolymph

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 458-464

  Johns, Robert ^a   Sonenshine, Daniel E ^a   Hynes, Wayne L ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial proteins; Bacillus subtilis; Dermacentor variabilis; Hemolymph; Lysozyme; Phagocytosis

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IXODIDAE; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CLONOGENIC ASSAY; DERMACENTOR; DOG; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; RABBIT; RAT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COLONY-FORMING UNITS ASSAY; DERMACENTOR; DOGS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; HUMANS; PROTEINS; RABBITS; RATS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0032112286     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/35.4.458     Document Type: Article

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