First transcriptome of the testis-vas deferens-male accessory gland and proteome of the spermatophore from dermacentor variabilis (acari: Ixodidae)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Sonenshine, Daniel E ^a   Bissinger, Brooke W ^b   Egekwu, Noble ^a   Donohue, Kevin V ^b   Khalil, Sayed M ^b   Roe, R Michael ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTACIN; CYSTATIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; FERRITIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; HYDROLASE; METALLOPROTEINASE; PEPTIDASE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; TRYPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC METALLOPROTEINASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; PROTEOME; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ACARI; ACCESSORY SEX GLAND; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; DNA LIBRARY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; IMMUNITY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MATING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEOMICS; PYROSEQUENCING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOPHORE; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; UPREGULATION; VAS DEFERENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; CHEMISTRY; CONTIG MAPPING; DERMACENTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOGONIUM;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; HEXAPODA; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; CONTIG MAPPING; DERMACENTOR; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEOME; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPERMATOGONIA; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTOME; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 80052864178     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024711     Document Type: Article

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