Differential Expression of Genes in Uninfected and Rickettsia-Infected Dermacentor variabilis Ticks as Assessed by Differential-Display PCR

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 6165-6170

  Macaluso, Kevin R ^a   Mulenga, Albert ^a   Simser, Jason A ^a   Azad, Abdu F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ALPHA CATENIN; ALPHA TUBULIN; CELL PROTEIN; CLATHRIN; COPPER EXPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GLYCINE DERIVATIVE; GLYCINE RICH PROTEIN; PEROXISOMAL FARNESYLATED PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; PROTEIN DREG2; PROTEIN ENA; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PROTEIN SGS3; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COATED VESICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; DIFFERENTIAL DISPLAY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MIDGUT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OVARY; PEROXISOME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESERVOIR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SALIVARY GLAND; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TICK; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ALPHA CATENIN; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DERMACENTOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; INTESTINES; OVARY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SALIVARY GLANDS; VACUOLAR PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES;

EID: 0242349667     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.11.6165-6170.2003     Document Type: Article

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