Sequence and the developmental and tissue-specific regulation of the first complete vitellogenin messenger RNA from ticks responsible for heme sequestration

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 363-374

  Thompson, Deborah M ^a   Khalil, Sayed M S ^a   Jeffers, Laura A ^a   Sonenshine, Daniel E ^b   Mitchell, Robert D ^b   Osgood, Christopher J ^b   Michael Roe, R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acari; American dog tick; Dermacentor variabilis; Heme; Ticks; Vitellin; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

HEME; MESSENGER RNA; VITELLOGENIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DERMACENTOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RABBIT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DERMACENTOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEME; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RABBITS; RNA, MESSENGER; VITELLOGENINS;

ACARI; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CHELICERATA; CRUSTACEA; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; HEXAPODA; IXODIDA;

EID: 33947139697     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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