The role of cystatins in tick physiology and blood feeding

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 117-127

  Schwarz, Alexandra ^a   Valdés, James J ^a   Kotsyfakis, Michalis ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Blood feeding; Cystatin; Cysteine proteases; Immunomodulators; Midgut; Physiology; Tick

Indexed keywords

BMCYSTATIN; CATHEPSIN S; CYSTATIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; LEGUMAIN; PAPAIN LIKE CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; PROTEIN HLCYST 2; PROTEIN HLSC 1; SALIVA PROTEIN; SIALOSTATIN L2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELL MATURATION; DENDRITIC CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INNATE IMMUNITY; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SALIVARY GLAND; SHORT SURVEY; TICK; UPREGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CYSTATINS; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TICKS;

AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ANIMALIA; ARGASIDAE; BABESIA; BABESIA GIBSONI; IXODIDA;

EID: 84864769112     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.03.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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