A set of serine proteinase paralogs are required for blood-digestion in the ixodid tick Haemaphysalis longicornis

Parasitology International

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 499-505

  Miyoshi, Takeharu ^a   Tsuji, Naotoshi ^a   Islam, M Khyrul ^a   Alim, M Abdul ^a   Hatta, Takeshi ^a   Huang, Xiaohong ^a   Fujisaki, Kozo ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood feeding; Midgut; RNA interference; Serine proteinase; Tick

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT ENZYME; SERINE PROTEINASE; TRYPTASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; ECTOPARASITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDING; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HAEMAPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS; INFESTATION; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; MIDGUT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARALOGY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; RNA INTERFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; TICK; VERTEBRATE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; IXODIDAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMAPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 53049105928     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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