Ornithodoros savignyi: Soft tick apyrase belongs to the 5′-nucleotidase family

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 318-327

  Stutzer, Christian ^a   Mans, Ben J ^b   Gaspar, Anabella R M ^a   Neitz, Albert W H ^a   Maritz Olivier, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

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

Author keywords

5 Nucleotidase; Apyrase; Ornithodoros savignyi; Platelet aggregation inhibitors; Soft tick

Indexed keywords

5' NUCLEOTIDASE; APYRASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ECTO 5' NUCLEOTIDASE; ISOENZYME; NUCLEOTIDE; POLYCLONAL ANTISERUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IXODES SCAPULARIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORNITHODOROS SAVIGNYI; PICHIA PASTORIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIPICEPHALUS; SALIVARY GLAND; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; TICK;

5'-NUCLEOTIDASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; APYRASE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CROSS REACTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORNITHODOROS; PHYLOGENY; PICHIA; SALIVARY GLANDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOUTH AFRICA; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ARGASIDAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; ORNITHODOROS SAVIGNYI; PICHIA PASTORIS; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS;

EID: 67449113531     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2009.04.007     Document Type: Article

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