Expression and immunolocalization of a Boophilus microplus cathepsin L-like enzyme

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 325-328

  Renard, Gaby ^a   Lara, Flávio Alves ^b   De Cardoso, Felipe Cardoso ^a   Miguens, Flávio Costa ^c   Dansa Petretski, Marílvia ^c   Termignoni, Carlos ^a   Masuda, Aoi ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Boophilus microplus; Cathepsin L; Cysteine protease; Gut; Tick

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CATHEPSIN; CATHEPSIN L; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATHEPSINS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; TICKS;

EID: 0036676666     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.2002.00342.x     Document Type: Article

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