Insight into the sialome of the castor bean tick, Ixodes ricinus.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In recent years, there have been several sialome projects revealing transcripts expressed in the salivary glands of ticks, which are important vectors of several human diseases. Here, we focused on the sialome of the European vector of Lyme disease, Ixodes ricinus.

Results

In the attempt to describe expressed genes and their dynamics throughout the feeding period, we constructed cDNA libraries from four different feeding stages of Ixodes ricinus females: unfed, 24 hours after attachment, four (partially fed) and seven days (fully engorged) after attachment. Approximately 600 randomly selected clones from each cDNA library were sequenced and analyzed. From a total 2304 sequenced clones, 1881 sequences forming 1274 clusters underwent subsequent functional analysis u

SUBMITTER: Chmelar J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2410133 | biostudies-literature | 2008 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature