Functional genomics studies of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) annulatus ticks in response to infection with the cattle protozoan parasite, Babesia bigemina

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 187-195

  Antunes, Sandra ^a   Galindo, Ruth C ^b   Almazán, Consuelo ^c   Rudenko, Natasha ^d   Golovchenko, Marina ^d   Grubhoffer, Libor ^d   Shkap, Varda ^e   Rosário, Virgílio do ^a   Fuente, José de la ^b,f   Domingos, Ana ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE TAMAULIPAS   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^e KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^f OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Babesia; Boophilus; Genomics; Rhipicephalus; RNA interference; Tick; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID A PROTEIN; CALRETICULIN; MESSENGER RNA;

CATTLE; CLONE; ECTOPARASITE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; HYBRIDIZATION; PATHOGEN; PROTEIN; PROTOZOAN; RNA; SERUM; TICK; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIOSIS; CELL FUNCTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOWN REGULATION; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS ANNULATUS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BABESIA BOVIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LIBRARY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIPICEPHALUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA BOVIS; BOOPHILUS; BOOPHILUS BIGEMINA; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOS; IXODIDA; PROTOZOA; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS ANNULATUS;

EID: 84856502455     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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