Cloning and Sequencing of Putative Acetylcholinesterase cDNAs from the American Dog Tick, Dermacentor variabilis, and the Brown Dog Tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Acari: Ixodidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 890-896

  Xu, Guang ^a   Fang, Quentin Q ^a   Keirans, James E ^a   Durden, Lance A ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; cDNA; Dermacentor variabilis; Rhipicephalus sanguineus; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; INVERTEBRATA; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

EID: 1442315097     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-40.6.890     Document Type: Article

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