Gene expression changes in feeding female and male lone star ticks, Amblyomma americanum (L)

ABSTRACT: A collection of 1145 clones from an EST project on female tick salivary gland genes was hybridized on glass slides to RNA extracted from several feeding stages of adult female tick salivary glands, including unfed and replete, and from adult male ticks, either unfed or fed in the presence or absence of female ticks. In the female ticks, the early fed (<50 mg) and partially fed (30-200 mg) groups were very similar. The fast feeding (350-500 mg) and replete ticks were similar to each other, but different from the partially fed. The unfed ticks were more similar to the fast feeding – replete groups than the early fed-partially fed groups. In the males, there were differences between the males fed in the presence or absence of females, but overall, these groups were very similar. The unfe

ORGANISM(S): Amblyomma americanum

SUBMITTER: Majd Aljamali 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-5010 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress