Longistatin, a novel EF-hand protein from the ixodid tick Haemaphysalis longicornis, is required for acquisition of host blood-meals

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 721-729

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Blood feeding; EF hand domain; Haemaphysalis longicornis; Ixodid ticks; Longistatin

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; LONGISTATIN; RUTHENIUM RED; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

HEMOPHAGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; TICK;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTHROPOD LIFE CYCLE STAGE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BINDING; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MITOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVARY GLAND; TICK; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; CALCIUM; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; EF HAND MOTIFS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IXODIDAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; RABBITS; SALIVARY PROTEINS AND PEPTIDES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ARTHROPODA; HAEMAPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS; IXODIDA;

EID: 77951299257     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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