Molecular characterization, tissue-specific expression and RNAi knockdown of the first vitellogenin receptor from a tick

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 375-388

  Mitchell III, Robert D ^a   Ross, Elizabeth ^a   Osgood, Christopher ^a   Sonenshine, Daniel E ^a   Donohue, Kevin V ^b   Khalil, Sayed M ^b   Thompson, Deborah M ^b   Michael Roe, R ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American dog tick; Dermacentor variabilis; Reproduction; RNAi; Ticks; Vitellogenin; Vitellogenin receptor

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; EGG PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITELLOGENIN RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DERMACENTOR; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UPREGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DERMACENTOR; EGG PROTEINS; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; UP-REGULATION;

BLATTARIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; IXODIDA; PERIPLANETA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA;

EID: 33947174721     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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