Characterization of a recombinant immunomodulatory protein from the salivary glands of Dermacentor andersoni

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 69-77

  Alarcon Chaidez, Francisco J ^a   Müller Doblies, Uwe U ^a   Wikel, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunomodulation; Saliva protein; Ticks

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MANNOSE; MITOGENIC AGENT; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN; PROTEIN P 36; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR ANDERSONI; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMMUNOMODULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; SALIVARY GLAND; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DERMACENTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MICE; POLYSACCHARIDES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SALIVARY GLANDS; SALIVARY PROTEINS;

ACARI; ARACHNIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR ANDERSONI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PROKARYOTA; VECTORS;

EID: 0037862882     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.2003.00609.x     Document Type: Article

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