FRONTIERS IN BIOSCIENCE PRESENTS

THE SPECIAL ISSUE


MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF TICKS AND THE TICK-PATHOGEN INTERFACE

Managing Editor: Jose de la Fuente, Katherine Kocan, Daniel Sonenshine

  

 
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Overview: Ticks as vectors of pathogens that cause disease in humans and animals
Jose de la Fuente, Agustin Estrada-Pena, Jose M. Venzal, Katherine M. Kocan, Daniel E. Sonenshine

[Frontiers in Bioscience 13, 6938-6946, May 1, 2008]

Targeting the tick-pathogen interface for novel control strategies
Jose de la Fuente, Katherine M. Kocan, Consuelo Almazan, Edmour F. Blouin

[Frontiers in Bioscience 13, 6947-6956, May 1, 2008]

Advances toward understanding the molecular biology of the Anaplasma-tick interface
Katherine M. Kocan, Jose de la Fuente, Edmour F. Blouin1

[Frontiers in Bioscience 13, 7032-7045, May 1, 2008]

Molecular characterization and related aspects of the innate immune response in ticks
Daniel E. Sonenshine, Wayne L. Hynes

[Frontiers in Bioscience 13, 7046-7063, May 1, 2008]

Hormonal regulation of metamorphosis and reproduction in ticks
R. Michael Roe, Kevin V. Donohue, Sayed M. S. Khalil, Daniel E. Sonenshine

[Frontiers in Bioscience 13, 7250-7268, May 1, 2008]

The role of saliva in tick feeding
Ivo M.B Francischetti, Anderson Sa-Nunes, Ben J. Mans, Isabel M. Santos, Jose M.C. Ribeiro

[Frontiers in Bioscience 14, 2051-2088, January 1, 2009]

Molecular characterization of tick-virus interactions
Patricia A. Nuttall

[Frontiers in Bioscience 14, 2466-2483, January 1, 2009]

Genetic basis and impact of tick acaricide resistance
Rodrigo Rosario-Cruz, Consuelo Almazan, Robert J. Miller, Delia Ines Dominguez-Garcia, Ruben Hernandez-Ortiz, Jose de la Fuente

[Frontiers in Bioscience 14, 2657-2665, January 1, 2009]

Tick genomics - coming of age
Vishvanath Nene

[Frontiers in Bioscience 14, 2666-2673, January 1, 2009]

Tick-borne pathogens, transmission rates and climate change
Agustin Estrada-Pena

[Frontiers in Bioscience 14, 2674-2687, January 1, 2009]

An overview of systematics and evolution of ticks
Santiago Nava, Alberto A. Guglielmone, Atilio J. Mangold

[Frontiers in Bioscience 14, 3012-3023, January 1, 2009]