RNA interference in ticks: A study using histamine binding protein dsRNA in the female tick Amblyomma americanum

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 299-305

  Aljamali, M N ^a   Bior, A D ^a,b   Sauer, J R ^a   Essenberg, Richard C ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma; dsRNA; Histamine binding protein; RNA interference; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; HISTAMINE; INSECT PROTEINS; IXODIDAE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, HISTAMINE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; SALIVARY PROTEINS; SHEEP; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038322119     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.2003.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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