Functional genomics of tick thioester-containing proteins reveal the ancient origin of the complement system

Journal of Innate Immunity

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 623-630

  Buresova, Veronika ^a   Hajdusek, Ondrej ^a,b   Franta, Zdenek ^a   Loosova, Gabriela ^a   Grunclova, Lenka ^a   Levashina, Elena A ^b   Kopacek, Petr ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

2 Macroglobulin; Complement; Hemocyte; Ixodes; Phagocytosis; RNA interference; Thioester containing proteins; Tick

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; THIOESTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE SILENCING; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; TICK;

ALPHA-MACROGLOBULINS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM; COMPLEMENT C3; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; GENOME; GENOMICS; HEMOCYTES; HUMANS; INSECT PROTEINS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 80054886066     PISSN: 1662811X     EISSN: 16628128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000328851     Document Type: Article

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