A deep insight into the sialotranscriptome of the gulf coast tick, Amblyomma maculatum

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Karim, Shahid ^a   Singh, Parul ^a   Ribeiro, José M C ^b  

^a The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APROTININ; APYRASE; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; CYSTATIN; CYSTEINE RICH SECRETORY PROTEIN; DISINTEGRIN; ENDONUCLEASE; ESTERASE; EVASIN; GLYCOSIDASE; INSECT PROTEIN; IXODEGRIN; IXOSTATIN; LIPOCALIN; MUCIN; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE BINDING PROTEIN; PROKINETICIN; PROTEIN SALP15; PROTEINASE; SALIVA PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SERUM AMYLOID; SIALOTRANSCRIPTOME; SULFATASE; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; TRYPSIN INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MESSENGER RNA;

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEEDING; FEMALE; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PYROSEQUENCING; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK;

ANIMALS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TICKS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 83755185910     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028525     Document Type: Article

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