Synergistic effect of silencing the expression of tick protective antigens 4D8 and Rs86 in Rhipicephalus sanguineus by RNA interference

Parasitology Research

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 108-113

  De La Fuente, José ^a,b   Almazán, Consuelo ^a   Naranjo, Victoria ^b   Blouin, Edmour F ^a   Kocan, Katherine M ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4D8 ANTIGEN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; RS86 ANTIGEN; TICK PROTECTIVE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; EGG LAYING; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; INFESTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SURVIVAL; TICK; WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; DRUG SYNERGISM; FEMALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEINS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TICK INFESTATIONS; VACCINATION;

ACARI; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

EID: 33745010942     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-006-0132-0     Document Type: Article

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