Identification of TROSPA homologue in Ixodes persulcatus Schulze, the specific vector for human Lyme borreliosis in Japan

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 75-77

  Konnai, Satoru ^a   Yamada, Shinji ^a   Imamura, Saiki ^a   Nishikado, Hideto ^a   Githaka, Naftaly ^a   Ito, Takuya ^b   Takano, Ai ^c   Kawabata, Hiroki ^c   Murata, Shiro ^a   Ohashi, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Borrelia; I. persulcatus; Lyme disease; Tick receptor; TROSPA

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TICK RECEPTOR FOR OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE CARRIER; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; IXODES PERSULCATUS; IXODES RICINUS; JAPAN; LYME DISEASE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYMPH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TICK RECEPTOR FOR OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A GENE; TROSPA GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DISEASE VECTORS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; IXODES; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES PERSULCATUS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA;

EID: 84859505204     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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