Role of an aquaporin in the sheep tick Ixodes ricinus: Assessment as a potential control target

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-23

  Campbell, Ewan M ^a   Burdin, Marion ^a   Hoppler, Stefan ^b   Bowman, Alan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquaporin; In situ hybridisation; Ixodes ricinus; Knockdown; Osmoregulation; RNA interference; Salivary gland; Tick

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 1; DOPAMINE; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA;

FEEDING MECHANISM; GENE FLOW; HYBRIDIZATION; IN SITU TEST; INGESTION RATE; MASS TRANSPORT; OSMOREGULATION; PATHOGEN; PEST CONTROL; REHYDRATION; RNA; SALIVA; SECRETION; TICK;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; INSECT CONTROL; IXODES RICINUS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOLARITY; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SALIVARY GLAND; SHEEP; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER TRANSPORT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AQUAPORINS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GUINEA PIGS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IXODES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SALIVARY GLANDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TICK CONTROL; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; MELOPHAGUS OVINUS;

EID: 72049116288     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.06.010     Document Type: Article

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