Multiple ferritins are vital to successful blood feeding and reproduction of the hard tick Haemaphysalis longicornis

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1905-1915

  Galay, Remil Linggatong ^a,b   Aung, Kyaw Min ^a,b   Umemiya Shirafuji, Rika ^b,c   Maeda, Hiroki ^b   Matsuo, Tomohide ^b   Kawaguchi, Hiroaki ^b   Miyoshi, Noriaki ^b   Suzuki, Hiroshi ^c   Xuan, Xuenan ^c   Mochizuki, Masami ^a,b   Fujisaki, Kozo ^b   Tanaka, Tetsuya ^a,b  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ferritin; Iron; RNA interference; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FERRITIN; IRON; MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IXODIDAE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; REPRODUCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SURVIVAL; TICK; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

FERRITIN; IRON; RNA INTERFERENCE; TICKS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERRITINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNE SERA; IRON; IXODIDAE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPRODUCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VITELLOGENINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMAPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 84877128087     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.081240     Document Type: Article

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