Synganglion transcriptome and developmental global gene expression in adult females of the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae)

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 465-491

  Bissinger, B W ^a   Donohue, K V ^a   Khalil, S M S ^a   Grozinger, C M ^b   Sonenshine, D E ^c   Zhu, J ^a   Roe, R M ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

blood feeding; neuropeptide; neurotransmitter; reproduction; synganglion

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; ECDYSONE RECEPTOR; HORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER TRANSPORTER; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; STEROID RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMISTRY; DERMACENTOR; DNA MICROARRAY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DERMACENTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HORMONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROPEPTIDES; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NEUROTRANSMITTER TRANSPORT PROTEINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECEPTORS, NEUROTRANSMITTER; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RECEPTORS, STEROID; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ACARI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; HEXAPODA; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 79960557226     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2011.01086.x     Document Type: Article

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