Proteomic analysis of cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus saliva: A comparison between partially and fully engorged females

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Tirloni, Lucas ^a,b   Reck, José ^c   Terra, Renata Maria Soares ^a,d,e   Martins, João Ricardo ^c   Mulenga, Albert ^b   Sherman, Nicholas E ^d   Fox, Jay W ^d   Yates III, John R ^f   Termignoni, Carlos ^a   Pinto, Antônio F M ^a,d,e   Vaz Jr , Itabajara Da Silva ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Fundacao Estadual de Pesquisa Agropecuaria   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e CAPES   (Brazil)

^f SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CYSTATIN; HEMELIPOPROTEIN; LIPOCALIN; LIPOPROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; PROTEOME; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; THYROPIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; ARTHROPOD PROTEIN; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SECRETION; RHIPICEPHALUS (BOOPHILUS) MICROPLUS; SALIVA ANALYSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BOVINAE; ESSENTIAL GENE; METABOLISM; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; RHIPICEPHALUS; SALIVA;

ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ARTHROPOD PROTEINS; CATTLE; CYSTATINS; FEMALE; GENES, ESSENTIAL; LIPOCALINS; LIPOPROTEINS; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; PROTEINASE INHIBITORY PROTEINS, SECRETORY; PROTEOME; RHIPICEPHALUS; SALIVA;

EID: 84899762804     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094831     Document Type: Article

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