Molecular cloning of a small heat shock protein (sHSPII) from the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) annulatus salivary gland

Shahein, Yasser E.; El-Rahim, Mohamed T. Abd; Hussein, Nahla A.; Hamed, Ragaa R.; El-Hakim, Amr E.; Barakat, Maged

doi:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2010.08.006

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“…The peptidase M20 (PF01546) and M20 dimer domains (PF07687) were both present in cytosol non-specific dipeptidases, which have a key role in protein digestion in the midgut [68], and in N-fatty-acyl-amino acid synthase-hydrolases, which regulate thermogenesis via uncoupled respiration [69]. Another group of proteins with a putative role in thermoregulation were the α-crystallin-like small heat shock proteins (PF00525); in ticks, these are highly immunogenic proteins expressed in tick salivary glands and exhibit thermoprotective activity [70]. Finally, the inhibitor I29 domain (PF08246) represented digestive cysteine proteinases [71] and cathepsin L-like proteases (Fig.…”

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Genomes of trombidid mites reveal novel predicted allergens and laterally-transferred genes associated with secondary metabolism

Dong

Chaisiri

Xia

et al. 2018

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Genomes of trombidid mites reveal novel predicted allergens and laterally-transferred genes associated with secondary metabolism

Dong

Chaisiri

Xia

et al. 2018

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“…They prevent the irreversible aggregation of polypeptides with other proteins that are found in the cell. Chaperones are found at various stages in protein biogenesis by regulating their structure and function under normal physiological conditions, as well as during stress, resulting in protein unfolding and misfolding (Morimoto, 2008;Shahein et al, 2010;Verghese et al, 2012). The Hsp70 in prokaryotes is expressed in three forms: Dnak, HscA and HscC.…”

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A balanced perspective on animal welfare for improved meat and meat products

Chulayo¹,

Muchenje²

2016

SA J. An. Sci.

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Increased public concern for animal welfare in the logistics chain has led to a rise in the scrutiny of the treatment of food animals. Factors affecting the status of welfare of slaughter animals begin at the farm and occur during transportation and at the abattoir. The activities that animals pass through before slaughter are thought to have negative effects on both the animal and the product. Before or during this period, animals suffer pain, which compromises their physical, health and biochemical status, and meat quality and quantity; which leads to economic losses. Environmental impact plays a role in the behaviour, growth, development and welfare of animals, even though it is associated with the production of greenhouse gases and biodiversity. Food producers are also mindful of the challenges of feeding the ever-increasing human population. Although the issues of animal production, which range from the environment to human health, have been discussed, animal welfare-related factors that are at play in the production chain of farm animals must still be addressed. An understanding of the animal's environment, behaviour and the biochemical interactions that are at play in stressful conditions; and the implications of these for animal health and welfare are key to developing effective mitigation strategies. Therefore, the objective of this review is to highlight the literature on animal welfare, and suggest strategies that could be adopted for the improvement of meat animals, meat quality and meat products. ______________________________________________________________________________________

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“…Recent advances in vector biology open new possibilities in target identification and vaccine development. The efforts to characterize the genomes of I. scapularis and B. microplus and also the current studies implying the use of cDNA libraries of R. annulatus (Shahein et al, 2008(Shahein et al, , 2010, R. microplus (Guerrero et al, 2005), A. variegatum , I scapularis (Ribeiro et al, 2006) in the identification of novel molecule, will impact on the discovery of new tick-protective antigens. The use of the information in conjugation with functional analysis using RNAi, bioinformatics, mutagenesis, transcriptomics, proteomics and other technologies will allow for a rapid, systematic approach to tick vaccine discovery by addressing the sequencing, annotation and functional analysis.…”

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