Insight into the sialome of the black fly, Simulium vittatum

Journal of Proteome Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1474-1488

  Andersen, John F ^a   Pham, M Van ^a   Meng, Zhaojing ^b   Champagne, Donald E ^c   Ribeiro, Jose M C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black fly; Hematophagy; Onchocerciasis; Proteome; Salivary gland transcriptome; Sialome; Sialotranscriptomes; Simulium vittatum

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; AMYLASE; ANTIGEN 5 PROTEIN; APYRASE; CECROPIN; DESTABILASE; ERYTHEMA PROTEIN SVEP 2; ERYTHEMA PROTEIN SVEP 3; ERYTHEMA PROTEIN SVEP 4; ERYTHEMA PROTEIN SVEP 5; ERYTHEMA PROTEIN SVEP 6; ERYTHEMA PROTEIN SVEP 7; ERYTHEMA PROTEIN SVEP 8; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIA BINDING PROTEIN; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPASE; LYSOZYME; MUCIN; ODORANT BINDING PROTEIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE; SALIVA PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; SHORT SALIVARY D7 PROTEIN; SINGLE KUNITZ PROTEASE INHIBITOR; TRYPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; FEMALE; FLY; GENE EXPRESSION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SALIVA; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIALOTRANSCRIPTOME ANALYSIS; SIMULIUM; SIMULIUM VITTATUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE LIBRARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOME; SALIVA; SALIVARY GLANDS; SIMULIIDAE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ANURA; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CORETHRELLIDAE; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PSYCHODIDAE; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM NIGRICOXUM; SIMULIUM VITTATUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 65249109820     PISSN: 15353893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/pr8008429     Document Type: Article

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