An insight into the sialotranscriptome of Triatoma rubida (Hemiptera: Heteroptera)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 563-572

  Ribeiro, José M C ^a   Assumçãpo, Teresa C F ^a   Pham, Van M ^a   Francischetti, Ivo M B ^a   Reisenman, Carolina E ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; salivary gland; sialome; transcriptome; vector biology

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE CARRIER; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; SALIVA; SALIVARY GLAND; TRIATOMA;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; CHAGAS DISEASE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; INSECT VECTORS; SALIVA; SALIVARY GLANDS; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRIATOMA;

ARTHROPODA; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; TRIATOMA RUBIDA; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84861181337     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME11243     Document Type: Article

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