Vitellin- and hemoglobin-digesting enzymes in Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus larvae and females

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 326-335

  Bergamo Estrela, Andréia ^a,c   Seixas, Adriana ^a   de Oliveira Nunes Teixeira, Vivian ^a   Pinto, Antônio Frederico Michel ^a,b   Termignoni, Carlos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspartic endopeptidase BYC; BmCL1; Cysteine endopeptidase; Hemoglobin; Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus; RmLCE; Tick; Vitellin

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS CATHEPSIN L1; CATHEPSIN L; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN DEGRADING CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASE; RHIPICEPHALUS MICROPLUS LARVAL CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITELLIN; VITELLIN DEGRADING CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; LARVA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

BOOPHILUS; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS;

EID: 77957907223     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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