Variation in the salivary peptide, maxadilan, from species in the Lutzomyia longipalpis complex

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 267-275

  Lanzaro, G C ^a,h   Lopes, A H C S ^b   Ribeiro, J M C ^c   Shoemaker, C B ^d   Warburg, A ^e   Scares, M ^f   Titus, R G ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^f INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^g Immunology and Pathology   (United States)

^h University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Maxadilan; Population genetics; Saliva; Vasodilator

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 0033136858     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.1999.820267.x     Document Type: Article

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