Gene silencing of the tick protective antigens, Bm86, Bm91 and subolesin, in the one-host tick Boophilus microplus by RNA interference

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 653-662

  Nijhof, Ard M ^a   Taoufik, Amar ^a   de la Fuente, José ^b,c   Kocan, Katherine M ^b   de Vries, Erik ^a   Jongejan, Frans ^a,d  

^a Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology   (Netherlands)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bm86; Bm91; Boophilus microplus; One host tick; RNAi; Subolesin

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; BM86 ANTIGEN; BM91 ANTIGEN; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; SUBOLESIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABNORMALITY; ANTIGEN; EGG; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; TICK;

ARTICLE; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; EGG; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; LARVA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; CATTLE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; IXODIDAE; LARVA; OVUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; IXODIDA;

EID: 33947331369     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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