Antimicrobial activity in the tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus eggs: Cellular localization and temporal expression of microplusin during oogenesis and embryogenesis

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 913-919

  Esteves, E ^a   Fogaca A C ^a   Maldonado, R ^a   Silva, F D ^a   Manso, P P A ^b   Pelajo Machado, M ^b   Valle, D ^b,c   Daffre, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c IBEX   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Eggs; Embryos; Microplusin; Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus; Tick

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; MESSENGER RNA; MICROPLUSIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; HATCHING; HEMOLYMPH; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIPICEPHALUS;

ARTHROPODA; BOOPHILUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; IXODIDA; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; RHIPICEPHALUS;

EID: 67349172161     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2009.02.009     Document Type: Article

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