Molecular cloning and comparative analysis of fibrinogen-related proteins from the soft tick Ornithodoros moubata and the hard tick Ixodes ricinus

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 991-1004

  Rego, Ryan O M ^a   Hajdušek, Ondřej ^a   Kovář, Vojtěch ^a   Kopáček, Petr ^a   Grubhoffer, Libor ^a   Hypša, Václav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Fibrinogen related domains; Hemocytes; Innate immunity; Ixodes ricinus; Lectins; Ornithodoros moubata

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; FIBRINOGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IXODES; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TICK;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FIBRINOGEN; IXODES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORNITHODOROS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACARI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDAE; ORNITHODOROS MOUBATA; RICINUS COMMUNIS; TACHYPLEUS TRIDENTATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 20544471456     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

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