Multiple ferritins are vital to successful blood feeding and reproduction of the hard tick Haemaphysalis longicornis - Galay, Remil L.; Aung, Kyaw M.; Umemiya-Shirafuji, Rika; Maeda, Hiroki; Matsuo, Tomohide; Kawaguchi, Hiroaki; Miyoshi, Noriaki; Suzuki, Hiroshi; Xuan, Xuenan; Mochizuki, Masami; Fujisaki, Kozo; Tanaka, Tetsuya (Journal of experimental biology, 2013)
Keywords: Animals; Blotting, Western; DNA, Complementary - genetics; Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; Escherichia coli; Feeding Behavior - physiology; Female; Ferritins - genetics; Ferritins - metabolism; Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; Gastrointestinal Tract - cytology; Gastrointestinal Tract - metabolism; Gastrointestinal Tract - ultrastructure; Gene Expression Profiling; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; Haemaphysalis longicornis; Immune Sera - metabolism; Iron - metabolism; Ixodidae; Ixodidae - genetics; Ixodidae - growth & development; Ixodidae - physiology; Organ Specificity - genetics; Recombinant Proteins - metabolism; Reproducibility of Results; Reproduction - physiology; RNA Interference; RNA, Messenger - genetics; RNA, Messenger - metabolism; Survival Analysis; Vitellogenins - genetics; Vitellogenins - metabolism; iron; ferritin; RNA interference; ticks