Hemalin, a thrombin inhibitor isolated from a midgut cDNA library from the hard tick Haemaphysalis longicornis

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-174

  Liao, Min ^a   Zhou, Jinlin ^b   Gong, Haiyan ^b   Boldbaatar, Damdinsuren ^a   Shirafuji, Rika ^a   Battur, Banzragch ^a   Nishikawa, Yoshifumi ^b   Fujisaki, Kozo ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Gene expression; Haemaphysalis longicornis; Hemalin; RNA interference; Thrombin inhibitor

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMOPHAGY; HOMOLOGY; INHIBITION; PARTHENOGENESIS; TICK;

BOOPHILUS; BOVINAE; HAEMAPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS; HEXAPODA; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS;

EID: 58149468352     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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