The sialotranscriptome of Antricola delacruzi female ticks is compatible with non-hematophagous behavior and an alternative source of food

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 332-342

  Ribeiro, José Marcos C ^a   Labruna, Marcelo B ^b   Mans, Ben J ^c,d   Maruyama, Sandra Regina ^b   Francischetti, Ivo M B ^a   Barizon, Gustavo Canavaci ^b   de Miranda Santos, Isabel K F ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antricola delacruzi; Bat guano; Hematophagy; Salivary glands; Scavenging; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARGASIDAE; ARTICLE; BAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESSENTIAL GENE; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; SALIVA; SALIVARY GLAND; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARGASIDAE; CHIROPTERA; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, ESSENTIAL; GENETIC SPECIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SALIVA; SALIVARY GLANDS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ANTRICOLA; ARGASIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; ORNITHODOROS;

EID: 84858074542     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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