Cloning and characterization of the autophagy-related gene 6 from the hard tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis

Parasitology Research

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1341-1349

  Kawano, Suguru ^a   Umemiya Shirafuji, Rika ^a   Boldbaatar, Damdinsuren ^a   Matsuoka, Kenji ^b   Tanaka, Tetsuya ^a   Fujisaki, Kozo ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Matsuoka Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPHAGY RELATED GENE 6 PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INSECT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITELLOGENIN; VITELLOGENIN 2; VITELLOGENIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY RELATED GENE 6 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; ENDOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SILENCING; HAEMAPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS; HEMOLYMPH; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TICK;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AUTOPHAGY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FAT BODY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; INSECT PROTEINS; IXODIDAE; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VITELLOGENINS;

HAEMAPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 82955237482     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-011-2429-x     Document Type: Article

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