Characterization of follistatin-related protein from the hard tick Haemaphysalis longicornis

Shengwu Gongcheng Xuebao/Chinese Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1646-1651

  Tian, Zhancheng ^a   Liu, Guangyuan ^a   Yin, Hong ^a   Luo, Jianxun ^a   Xie, Junren ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Characterization; Follistatin related protein; Haemaphysalis longicornis

Indexed keywords

FOLLISTATIN RELATED PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TICK;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FOLLISTATIN-RELATED PROTEINS; IXODIDAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

HAEMAPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 77954774950     PISSN: 10003061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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