The impact of RNA interference of the subolesin and voraxin genes in male Amblyomma hebraeum (Acari: Ixodidae) on female engorgement and oviposition

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-86

  Smith, Alexander ^a   Guo, Xiuyang ^a,b   De La Fuente, José ^c,d   Naranjo, Victoria ^d   Kocan, Katherine M ^c   Kaufman, W Reuben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

4D8; Amblyomma hebraeum; Anti tick vaccine; Ixodid tick; Midgut; RNA interference; Salivary gland; Spermatozoa; Subolesin; Testis; Voraxin

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN;

ANTIGEN; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; EGG; FECUNDITY; FEEDING; GENE; MORTALITY; OVIPOSITION; PESTICIDE; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTION; RNA; TICK; VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GENETICS; INFESTATION; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TICK;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; INSECT PROTEINS; IXODIDAE; MALE; OVIPOSITION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA HEBRAEUM; HEXAPODA; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 57849098047     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-008-9195-1     Document Type: Article

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