Isolation of an aspartic proteinase precursor from the egg of a hard tick, Boophilus microplus

Parasitology

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 525-532

  Logullo, C ^a,b   Da Silva Vaz, I ^c   Sorgine, M H F ^a   Paiva Silva, G O ^a   Faria, F S ^a   Zingali, R B ^a   De Lima, M F R ^c   Abreu, L ^a,b   Fialho Oliveira, E ^a   Alves, E W ^a   Masuda, H ^a   Gonzales, J C ^c   Masuda, A ^c   Oliveira, P L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aspartic proteinase; Boophilus microplus; Embryogenesis; Tick; Yolk proteins

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EGG; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FAT BODY; HEMOLYMPH; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN VITRO STUDY; INTESTINE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TICK;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; BOOPHILUS; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; HEXAPODA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 14444270123     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182098002698     Document Type: Article

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