Molecular Cloning of Two Haemaphysalis Longicornis Cathepsin L-like Cysteine Proteinase Genes

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 497-503

  Mulenga, Albert ^a   Sugimoto, Chihiro ^a   Ingram, Geoffrey ^a   Ohashi, Kazuhiko ^a   Onuma, Misao ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cathepsin L like cysteine proteinase; Haemaphysalis longicornis; Tick vaccine

Indexed keywords

ACARI; EUKARYOTA; HAEMAPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA;

CATHEPSIN; CATHEPSIN L; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; PROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBIT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TICK;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CATHEPSINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FEMALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBITS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TICKS;

EID: 0033128927     PISSN: 7653697     EISSN: 1782155X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.61.497     Document Type: Article

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