Target of rapamycin (TOR) controls vitellogenesis via activation of the S6 kinase in the fat body of the tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 991-998

  Umemiya Shirafuji, Rika ^a   Boldbaatar, Damdinsuren ^a   Liao, Min ^a   Battur, Banzragch ^a   Rahman, Md Morshedur ^a   Kuboki, Thasaneeya ^a   Galay, Remil Linggatong ^a   Tanaka, Tetsuya ^a   Fujisaki, Kozo ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fat body; GATA; S6K; Target of rapamycin; Tick; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; S6 KINASE; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTE; FAT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INHIBITION; OVIPOSITION; PROTEIN; RNA; TICK;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FAT BODY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SILENCING; HAEMAPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VITELLOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FAT BODY; FEMALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S6 KINASES; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; SIROLIMUS; TICKS; TOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; TRANSCRIPTOME; VITELLOGENESIS;

EUKARYOTA; HAEMAPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 84868131500     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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