Subolesin expression in response to pathogen infection in ticks

BMC Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Zivkovic, Zorica ^a   Torina, Alessandra ^b   Mitra, Ruchira ^c   Alongi, Angela ^b   Scimeca, Salvatore ^b   Kocan, Katherine M ^c   Galindo, Ruth C ^d   Almazán, Consuelo ^e   Blouin, Edmour F ^c   Villar, Margarita ^d   Nijhof, Ard M ^a   Mani, Rinosh ^c   La Barbera, Giuseppa ^b   Caracappa, Santo ^b   Jongejan, Frans ^a,f   de la Fuente, José ^c,d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA SICILIA A MIRRI   (Italy)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE TAMAULIPAS   (Mexico)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; SUBOLESIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AKIRIN1 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SUBOLESIN, TICK;

ANABAENA VARIABILIS; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BABESIOSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHRLICHIOSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOSIS; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SALIVARY GLAND; THEILERIOSIS; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TULAREMIA; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; DERMACENTOR; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE; LIFE CYCLE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; TICK; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DERMACENTOR; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECT VECTORS; INTESTINES; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SALIVARY GLANDS; TICKS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 77649318493     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2172-11-7     Document Type: Article

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