Borrelia afzelli gene expression in ixodes ricinus (acari: Ixodidae) ticks

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 296-304

  Koči, Juraj ^a   Derdákova, Markéta ^c   Peterková, Kamila ^a   Kazimirová, Mária ^b   Selyemová, Diana ^b   Labuda, Milan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c Institute of Zoology   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Borellia afzelii

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FLAGELLIN; GENE PRODUCT; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BORRELIA AFZELII; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IXODES RICINUS; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SPIROCHETE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; GERMFREE ANIMAL; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACARI; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; SPIROCHAETALES; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BASE SEQUENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS;

EID: 33751256542     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2006.6.296     Document Type: Article

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