Characterization of a blood activated chitinolytic system in the midgut of the sand fly vectors Lutzomyia longipalpis and Phlebotomus papatasi

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 703-712

  Ramalho Ortigao J M ^a,b   Kamhawi, S ^a   Joshi, M B ^a   Reynoso, D ^a   Lawyer, P G ^a   Dwyer, D M ^a   Sacks, D L ^a   Valenzuela, J G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Chitinolytic activity; Leishmania; Peritrophic matrix; Sand fly

Indexed keywords

LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PSYCHODIDAE;

CHITINASE; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASE CARRIER; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PSYCHODIDAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CHITINASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASE VECTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PSYCHODIDAE; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 33645246652     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2005.00601.x     Document Type: Article

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