Identification of four genes expressed by feeding female Ixodes scapularis, including three with sequence similarity to previously recognized genes

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 103-110

  Guilfoile, Patrick G ^a   Packila, Mark ^a,b  

^a BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwoods DNA Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cement protein; hsp70; Ixodes scapularis; Tick feeding

Indexed keywords

RNA;

DNA; PROTEIN; TICK;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DEER; DNA SEQUENCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; IXODES; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DEER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; IXODES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; DROSOPHILA SP.; EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; OTHER SEQUENCES; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS;

EID: 1842581747     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:APPA.0000018197.63153.58     Document Type: Article

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