A Kunitz-type proteinase inhibitor from the midgut of the ixodid tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis, and its endogenous target serine proteinase

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 112-115

  Miyoshi, Takeharu ^a   Tsuji, Naotoshi ^a   Islam, M Khyrul ^a   Alim, M Abdul ^a   Hatta, Takeshi ^a   Yamaji, Kayoko ^a   Anisuzzaman, ^a   Fujisaki, Kozo ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Inhibitor; Kunitz type; Midgut; Serine proteinase; Tick

Indexed keywords

SERINE PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HAEMAPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS; MIDGUT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; TICK; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CYTOPLASM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; IXODIDAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SERINE PROTEASES; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS;

HAEMAPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS; IXODIDA;

EID: 74849129800     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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