Transcriptome identification of putative genes involved in protein catabolism and innate immune response in human body louse (Pediculicidae: Pediculus humanus)

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1135-1143

  Pedra, Joao H F ^a,b,c   Brandt, Amanda ^c   Li, Hong Mei ^c   Westerman, Rick ^b   Romero Severson, Jeanne ^a,b,c   Pollack, Richard J ^d   Murdock, Larry L ^b,c   Pittendrigh, Barry R ^a,b,c   Collins, F H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Purdue University ^*  (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Expressed sequence tag; Functional genomics; Human lice

Indexed keywords

INSECTA; PEDICULUS; PEDICULUS HUMANUS; PEDICULUS HUMANUS CORPORIS; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 0242307126     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(03)00133-4     Document Type: Article

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