Molecular characterization of tick salivary gland glutaminyl cyclase

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 781-793

  Adamson, Steven W ^a   Browning, Rebecca E ^a   Chao, Chien Chung ^b   Bateman, Robert C ^c   Ching, Wei Mei ^b   Karim, Shahid ^a  

^a University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c William Carey University   (United States)

Author keywords

Glutaminyl cyclase; Post translational modification; RNA interference; Tick neuropeptides

Indexed keywords

AMINOACYLTRANSFERASE; ARTHROPOD PROTEIN; GLUTAMINYL CYCLASE; GLUTAMINYL PEPTIDE CYCLOTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMINYL-PEPTIDE CYCLOTRANSFERASE; MAGNESIUM;

AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM QC; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMQC; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISQC; IXODES; IXODES SCAPULARIS QC; IXODIDAE; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDGUT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POST-TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATION; QC; RNA INTERFERENCE; SALIVARY GLAND; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SG; TICK NEUROPEPTIDES;

AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM QC; AMQC; GLUTAMINYL CYCLASE; ISQC; IXODES SCAPULARIS QC; MG; MIDGUT; POST-TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATION; QC; RNA INTERFERENCE; SALIVARY GLAND; SG; TICK NEUROPEPTIDES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD PROTEINS; FEMALE; IXODES; IXODIDAE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SALIVARY GLANDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 84880380970     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2013.05.011     Document Type: Article

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