Stress and transcriptional regulation of tick ferritin HC

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 423-433

  Mulenga, A ^a   Simser, J A ^a   Macaluso, K R ^a   Azad, A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermacentor andersoni; Dermacentor variabilis; Escherichia coli; Ferritin HC; Stress and immune response

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FERRITIN; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TICK; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DENSITOMETRY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERRITINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PLASMIDS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TICKS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR ANDERSONI; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA MONTANENSIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3943097414     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0962-1075.2004.00502.x     Document Type: Article

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