RNA interference of cytosolic leucine aminopeptidase reduces fecundity in the hard tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis

Parasitology Research

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 847-854

  Hatta, Takeshi ^a   Umemiya, Rika ^a   Liao, Min ^a   Gong, Haiyan ^a   Harnnoi, Thasaneeya ^a   Tanaka, Miho ^a   Miyoshi, Takeharu ^b   Boldbaatar, Damdinsuren ^a   Battsetseg, Badgar ^a   Zhou, Jinlin ^a   Xuan, Xuenan ^a   Tsuji, Naotoshi ^b   Taylor, DeMar ^c   Fujisaki, Kozo ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CYTOSOL AMINOPEPTIDASE; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; YOLK PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; EGG LAYING; FERTILITY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE FUNCTION; HAEMAPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TICK; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CYTOSOL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IXODIDAE; LEUCYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; OVIPOSITION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

HAEMAPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 33846562983     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-006-0336-3     Document Type: Article

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