Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8991268 | Veterinary Parasitology | 2005 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
The nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences of the actins from ticks, Boophilus microplus, Haemaphysalis longicornis and Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, have been determined. Nucleotide sequence analysis showed open reading frames of 1128-nucleotide-long encoding proteins of 376 amino acids with a predicted molecular weight of 41.82Â kDa each. Comparison between the nucleic acid and deduced amino acid sequences as well as structural and phylogenetic analyses of these genes confirmed the high similarity among actins from ticks in comparison to other species.
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Authors
Itabajara Jr., Saiki Imamura, Chie Nakajima, Felipe Cardoso de Cardoso, Carlos Alexandre Sanchez Ferreira, Gaby Renard, Aoi Masuda, Kazuhiko Ohashi, Misao Onuma,