An insight into the sialotranscriptome of Simulium nigrimanum, a black fly associated with fogo selvagem in South America

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1060-1075

  Ribeiro, José M C ^a   Valenzuela, Jesus G ^a   Pham, Van M ^a   Kleeman, Lindsay ^a   Barbian, Kent D ^b   Favreau, Amanda J ^b   Eaton, Donald P ^c   Aoki, Valeria ^d   Hans Filho, Gunter ^e   Rivitti, Evandro A ^d   Diaz, Luis A ^f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c Wildlife Conservation Society   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5' NUCLEOTIDASE; ALPHA AMYLASE SALIVA ISOENZYME; APROTININ; APYRASE; COLLAGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENDONUCLEASE; ENZYME; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; LIPOCALIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; POLYGLUTAMINE; PROTEASOME; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SALIVA PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; INSECT GENETICS; LIPID METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SALIVA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIMULIUM; SIMULIUM NIGRIMANUM; SIMULIUM VITTATUM; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEMPHIGUS; PHYLOGENY; SALIVA; SIMULIIDAE; SOUTH AMERICA;

HEXAPODA; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM NIGRICOXUM; SIMULIUM VITTATUM;

EID: 77953772538     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0769     Document Type: Article

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