Differential expression of two glutathione S-transferases identified from the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 445-453

  Dreher Lesnick, S M ^a   Mulenga, A ^a,b   Simser, J A ^a,c   Azad, A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermacentor variabilis; Glutathione S transferase; Response to blood feeding; Tick innate immune response

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DERMACENTOR; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DERMACENTOR; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACARI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSECTA; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; RICKETTSIA;

EID: 33746717503     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2006.00657.x     Document Type: Article

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