Anti-babesial activity of a potent peptide fragment derived from longicin of Haemaphysalis longicornis

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 343-348

  Galay, Remil Linggatong ^a,b   Maeda, Hiroki ^b   Aung, Kyaw Min ^a,b   Umemiya Shirafuji, Rika ^b   Xuan, Xuenan ^c   Igarashi, Ikuo ^c   Tsuji, Naotoshi ^d   Tanaka, Tetsuya ^a,b   Fujisaki, Kozo ^a,b  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Babesiosis; Defensin; Ticks

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE; LONGICIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ERYTHROCYTES; PARASITEMIA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS;

BABESIA; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA BOVIS; BOVINAE; HAEMAPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; PROTOZOA;

EID: 84855205748     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-011-0027-7     Document Type: Article

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