Salivary transcriptome of the North American medicinal leech, Macrobdella decora

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1211-1221

  Min, Gi Sik ^a   Sarkar, Indra Neil ^a,b   Siddall, Mark E ^a  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BDELLIN; DECORSIN; DESTABILASE; DISINTEGRIN; FICOLIN; HIRUDIN; HISTIDINE; LECTIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SARATIN; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACTIVITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMOPHAGY; INHIBITOR; LEECH; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN; SALIVA; SAMPLING;

ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LEECH; MACROBDELLA DECORA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SECRETION; SALIVA ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HIRUDINS; LEECHES; SALIVA; SALIVARY PROTEINS AND PEPTIDES;

ANNELIDA; HIRUDINIDA; HIRUDO; HIRUDO MEDICINALIS; MACROBDELLA DECORA;

EID: 78650433241     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2496.1     Document Type: Article

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