Objective To clone and analyze the expression of Haemaphysalis flavacathepsin L-likecysteine proteinase B gene.Methods Primers were designed based on Contig731sequence in salivary gland transcriptome library of H.flava,the full-length cDNA of cathepsin L-like cysteineproteinaseB(cathepsin L-lcpB)was amplified by RACE,and the expression levels of Hf-CLlCPb in different tissues of female adult ticks in different feeding states were analyzed by qPCR.Results The total length of Hf-CLlCPb was 1547bp,the ORF frame was 1005bp,and it encoded 355amino a...