RNA interference: Applicability in tick research

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 28, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 89-96

  Aljamali, Majd N ^a   Sauer, John R ^a   Essenberg, Richard C ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma americanum; Histamine binding protein; RNA interference; Ticks

Indexed keywords

TICK;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HISTAMINE; IXODIDAE; MALE; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; SALIVARY GLANDS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141792691     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025346131903     Document Type: Conference Paper

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