IrML - a gene encoding a new member of the ML protein family from the hard tick, Ixodes ricinus

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 410-418

  Horáčková, Jana ^a   Rudenko, Nataliia ^a,b   Golovchenko, Maryna ^a,b   Havlíková, Sabína ^c   Grubhoffer, Libor ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Gene expression; in situ hybridization; Ixodes ricinus; ML (MD 2 related lipid recognition) domain; ML domain containing protein; Tick

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IXODES; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVARY GLAND; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSECT PROTEINS; IXODES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVARY GLANDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 78751493658     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: 19487134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2010.00100.x     Document Type: Article

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