Identification of a follistatin-related protein from the tick Haemaphysalis longicornis and its effect on tick oviposition

Gene

Volumn 372, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 191-198

  Zhou, Jinlin ^a,b   Liao, Min ^a   Hatta, Takeshi ^a   Tanaka, Miho ^a   Xuan, Xuenan ^a   Fujisaki, Kozo ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Activin; Bone morphogenetic protein; RNA interference

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; ANTISERUM; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FOLLISTATIN RELATED PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; BLOOD CELL; BODY FAT; CALCIUM BINDING; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; EGG LAYING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEMOLYMPH; MIDGUT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SALIVARY GLAND; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TICK;

ACTIVINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BASE SEQUENCE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOLLISTATIN-RELATED PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVIPOSITION; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TICKS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; CHELICERATA; HAEMAPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS; SCORPIONES;

EID: 33646042233     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2005.12.020     Document Type: Article

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