Subolesin/akirin orthologs from Ornithodoros spp. soft ticks: Cloning, RNAi gene silencing and protective effect of the recombinant proteins

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 185, Issue 2-4, 2012, Pages 248-259

  Manzano Román, Raúl ^a   Díaz Martín, Verónica ^a   Oleaga, Ana ^a   Siles Lucas, Mar ^a   Pérez Sánchez, Ricardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Akirin; Ornithodoros; RNA interference; Soft ticks; Subolesin; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MESSENGER RNA; PARASITE ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT ORNITHODOROS ERRATICUS SUBOLESIN ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT ORNITHODOROS MOUBATA SUBOLESIN ANTIGEN; SUBOLESIN ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SILENCING; IMMUNOGENICITY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORNITHODOROS ERRATICUS; ORNITHODOROS MOUBATA; ORTHOLOGY; PARASITE CONTROL; PHYLOGENY; RABBIT; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBOLESIN GENE; TICK; TICK INFESTATION; VACCINATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; ARTHROPOD PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORNITHODOROS; OVIPOSITION; PHYLOGENY; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; TICK INFESTATIONS; VACCINES;

ACARI; ARGASIDAE; ARTHROPODA; DERMANYSSUS GALLINAE; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; ORNITHODOROS; ORNITHODOROS ERRATICUS; ORNITHODOROS MOUBATA; PHLEBOTOMINAE;

EID: 84858285531     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.10.032     Document Type: Article

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