A deep insight into the sialotranscriptome of the chagas disease vector, Panstrongylus megistus (hemiptera: Heteroptera)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 351-358

  Ribeiro, José M C ^a   Schwarz, Alexandra ^b   Francischetti, Ivo M B ^a  

^a Laboratory of Immunogenetics   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Medical entomology; Salivary gland; Transcriptome; Vector biology

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; PANSTRONGYLUS MEGISTUS;

INSECT PROTEIN; SALIVA PROTEIN; SIALOGLYCOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NYMPH; PANSTRONGYLUS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOMICS; SALIVA;

ANIMALS; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NYMPH; PANSTRONGYLUS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOMICS; SALIVA; SALIVARY PROTEINS AND PEPTIDES; SIALOGLYCOPROTEINS;

EID: 84936946785     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: 19382928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjv023     Document Type: Article

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