A systematic, functional genomics, and reverse vaccinology approach to the identification of vaccine candidates in the cattle tick, Rhipicephalus microplus

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 179-187

  Maritz Olivier, Christine ^a   van Zyl, Willem ^a   Stutzer, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cattle tick; DNA microarray; Reverse vaccinology; Rhipicephalus microplus; Vaccine discovery

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INSECT PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN BM86; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT VACCINE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VAXIJEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER MODEL; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INFESTATION; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIPICEPHALUS (BOOPHILUS) MICROPLUS; VACCINATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; EPITOPES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHIPICEPHALUS; RNA; TICK INFESTATIONS; VACCINATION; VACCINES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS;

EID: 84864754293     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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