Biochemical characterization of a Kunitz type inhibitor similar to dendrotoxins produced by Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) hemocytes

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 167, Issue 2-4, 2010, Pages 279-287

  Lima, Cássia A ^a   Torquato, Ricardo J S ^a   Sasaki, Sergio D ^a   Justo, Giselle Z ^a,b   Tanaka, Aparecida S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Chymotrypsin inhibitor; Cytotoxicity; Dendrotoxins; Ectoparasite; Hematophagous; Hemocytes; Kunitz BPTI domain

Indexed keywords

BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS CHYMOTRYPSIN INHIBITOR; CHYMOTRYPSIN INHIBITOR; DENDROTOXIN; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; EMBRYO; ENZYME INHIBITION; FAT BODY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH INHIBITION; IC 50; MAMMAL CELL; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; PICHIA PASTORIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSED PHASE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SALIVARY GLAND; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD86; APOPTOSIS; APROTININ; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEMOCYTES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RHIPICEPHALUS;

ACARI; BOOPHILUS; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; IXODIDAE; MAMMALIA; PICHIA PASTORIS; RHIPICEPHALUS;

EID: 74449089420     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.09.030     Document Type: Article

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