Molecular characterization of the major hemelipoglycoprotein in ixodid ticks

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 197-208

  Donohue, K V ^a   Khalil, S M S ^a   Mitchell, R D ^b   Sonenshine, D E ^b   Michael Roe, R ^a,b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood feeding; Hematophagy; Heme; Ixodidae; Lipoprotein

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DERMACENTOR; DNA SEQUENCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEMOLYMPH; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RABBIT; RAT; SALIVA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DERMACENTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLYCOPROTEINS; HEMOLYMPH; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PEPTIDES; PHYLOGENY; RABBITS; RATS; SALIVA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; HEXAPODA; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 43549095011     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2008.00794.x     Document Type: Article

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