Identification and partial characterisation of new members of the Ixodes ricinus defensin family

Gene

Volumn 540, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 146-152

  Tonk, Miray ^a,b   Cabezas Cruz, Alejandro ^a,b   Valdés, James J ^a   Rego, Ryan O M ^a   Rudenko, Nataliia ^a   Golovchenko, Maryna ^a   Bell Sakyi, Lesley ^c   De la Fuente, José ^d,e   Grubhoffer, Libor ^a,b  

^a Biology Centre ASCR   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^d OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Defensin; Ixodes ricinus; Tick; Tick cell line

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; DEFENSIN; DEFENSIN MT2; DEFENSIN MT3; DEFENSIN MT4; DEFENSIN MT5; DEFENSIN MT6; DEFENSIN MT7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMBLYOMMA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARGAS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMACENTOR; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; FEMALE; GLOSSINIDAE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMAPHYSALIS; HEMOLYMPH; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRON; ISOELECTRIC POINT; IXODES RICINUS; MALPIGHIAN TUBULE; MIDGUT; MOSQUITO; MUSCIDAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORNITHODOROS; OVARY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS (BOOPHILUS) MICROPLUS; SALIVARY GLAND;

ANIMALIA; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; POSIBACTERIA;

ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE; DEFENSIN; IXODES RICINUS; TICK; TICK CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DEFENSINS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; IXODES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84896544595     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2014.03.002     Document Type: Article

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