Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of cDNAs encoding for Boophilus microplus, Haemaphysalis longicornis and Rhipicephalus appendiculatus actins

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 147-155

  Da Silva Vaz Jr , Itabajara ^a,b   Imamura, Saiki ^a   Nakajima, Chie ^a   De Cardoso, Felipe Cardoso ^b   Sanchez Ferreira, Carlos Alexandre ^b,c   Renard, Gaby ^b   Masuda, Aoi ^b   Ohashi, Kazuhiko ^a   Onuma, Misao ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Actin; Boophilus microplus; Haemaphysalis longicornis; Rhipicephalus appendiculatus; Tick

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; GENETIC CODE; HAEMAPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PARASITE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TICK; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACARI; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; HAEMAPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; IXODIDAE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 20344393137     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.10.002     Document Type: Article

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