Thrombostasin isoform frequency in a Central Texas field population of the horn fly, Haematobia irritans

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 359-366

  Untalan, Pia M ^a   Pruett, John H ^a   Atteberry, Heather N ^a   Steelman, C Dayton ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti coagulant; Haematobia irritans; Horn fly; Isoform frequency; Thrombostasin (TS)

Indexed keywords

THROMBIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAEMATOBIA IRRITANS; HOST SELECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA PRIMERS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCIDAE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TEXAS;

HAEMATOBIA IRRITANS; MUSCIDAE;

EID: 33750995885     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.06.035     Document Type: Article

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