rBmTI-6, a Kunitz-BPTI domain protease inhibitor from the tick Boophilus microplus, its cloning, expression and biochemical characterization

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 155, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 133-141

  Sasaki, Sergio D ^a   Tanaka, Aparecida S ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ABC   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Boophilus microplus; Kunitz; Protease inhibitor; Tick; Trypsin inhibitor

Indexed keywords

APROTININ; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; PLASMA KALLIKREIN; PLASMIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BMTI-6 GENE; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG PARASITOID; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; INFESTATION; LARVA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PICHIA PASTORIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IXODIDAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOS; BOVINAE; IXODIDA; PICHIA PASTORIS;

EID: 45549109409     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.03.031     Document Type: Article

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