Amblyomma americanum salivary glands: Double-stranded RNA-mediated gene silencing of synaptobrevin homologue and inhibition of PGE2 stimulated protein secretion

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 407-413

  Karim, Shahid ^a   Ramakrishnan, Vijay G ^a   Tucker, James S ^a   Essenberg, Richard C ^a   Sauer, John R ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exocytosis; RNAi; Salivary glands; Synaptobrevin; Ticks

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; SYNAPTOBREVIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; EXOCYTOSIS; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; RNA INTERFERENCE; SALIVARY GLAND; SECRETION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TICK; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD COAGULATION FACTORS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DINOPROSTONE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXOCYTOSIS; GENE SILENCING; IXODIDAE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; R-SNARE PROTEINS; RATS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, MESSENGER; SALIVARY GLANDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; INSECTA; IXODIDA;

EID: 1842487298     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2004.01.005     Document Type: Article

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