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An insight into the sialotranscriptome of the West Nile mosquito vector, Culex tarsalis
BACKGROUND: Saliva of adult female mosquitoes help sugar and blood feeding by providing enzymes and polypeptides that help sugar digestion, control microbial growth and counteract their vertebrate host hemostasis and inflammation. Mosquito saliva also potentiates the transmission of vector borne pat...
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Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2823692/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20089177 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-11-51 |