Genome-wide search for leech antiplatelet proteins in the non-blood-feeding leech Helobdella robusta (Rhyncobdellida: Glossiphoniidae) reveals evidence of secreted anticoagulants

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 344-350

  Kvist, Sebastian ^a   Sarkar, Indra Neil ^b   Siddall, Mark E ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticoagulants; Genomics; Helobdella robusta; Hematophagy; LAPP; Liquidosomatophagy; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

GLOSSIPHONIIDAE; HAEMENTERIA; HAEMENTERIA OFFICINALIS; HELOBDELLA ROBUSTA; HIRUDINIDA;

EID: 81855192734     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: 17447410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2011.00238.x     Document Type: Article

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