Immune-responsive lysozymes from hemocytes of the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis and an embryonic cell line of the Rocky Mountain wood tick, D. andersoni

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1235-1246

  Simser, Jason A ^a   Macaluso, Kevin R ^a   Mulenga, Albert ^a   Azad, Abdu F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell line; Hemocyte; Immune responsive; Lysozyme; Tick

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LYSOZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CELL LINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DERMACENTOR; DIET; ENZYMOLOGY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; DERMACENTOR; DIET; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HEMOCYTES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MURAMIDASE; PHYLOGENY;

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR ANDERSONI; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MALPIGHIA; ORNITHODOROS; ORNITHODOROS MOUBATA;

EID: 8744288933     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2004.07.003     Document Type: Article

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