Male engorgement factor: Role in stimulating engorgement to repletion in the ixodid tick, Dermacentor variabilis

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 909-918

  Donohue, Kevin V ^a,b   Khalil, Sayed M S ^a   Ross, Elizabeth ^c   Mitchell, Robert D ^c   Roe, R Michael ^a   Sonenshine, Daniel E ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermacentor variabilis; Engorgement factor; Male accessory gland; Testis; Voraxin

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; SEX PHEROMONE;

EGG PRODUCTION; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; PEPTIDE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEX PHEROMONE; TICK;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DERMACENTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETICS; GONAD; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DERMACENTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GONADS; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA HEBRAEUM; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CERVIDAE; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; IXODES DAMMINI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS;

EID: 68349119174     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2009.05.019     Document Type: Article

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