Identification and characterization of two novel lysozymes from Rhodnius prolixus, a vector of Chagas disease

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 593-603

  Ursic Bedoya, Raul J ^a   Nazzari, Hamed ^a   Cooper, Dawn ^a   Triana, Omar ^b   Wolff, Marta ^b   Lowenberger, Carl ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Chagas disease; Innate immunity; Lysozyme; Rhodnius prolixus; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

LYSOZYME;

CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE VECTOR; FAT RESERVE; GENE EXPRESSION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IMMUNITY; INSECT; PEPTIDE; PROTOZOAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; RHODNIUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TIME; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHAGAS DISEASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MURAMIDASE; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RHODNIUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TIME FACTORS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEMIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; IXODIDA; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 40849086137     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2007.12.009     Document Type: Article

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