A snapshot of the Ixodes scapularis degradome

Gene

Volumn 482, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 78-93

  Mulenga, Albert ^a   Erikson, Kelly ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspartic; Cysteine; Ixodes scapularis degradome; Metallo; Serine; Threonine

Indexed keywords

AMINOPEPTIDASE; ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; CHYMOTRYPSIN TRYPSIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 20; METALLOPROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; THREONINE PROTEINASE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; GENOME; IXODES SCAPULARIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDICULUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENOME, HELMINTH; IXODES; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTHROPODA; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; PEDICULUS HUMANUS CORPORIS;

EID: 79959729748     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2011.04.008     Document Type: Article

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