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Hemelipoglycoprotein from the ornate sheep tick, dermacentor marginatus: structural and functional characterization

BACKGROUND: Tick carrier proteins are able to bind, transport, and store host-blood heme, and thus they function also as antioxidants. Nevertheless, the role of carrier proteins in ticks is not fully understood. Some of them are found also in tick males which do not feed on hosts to such an extent s...

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Autores principales: Dupejova, Jarmila, Sterba, Jan, Vancova, Marie, Grubhoffer, Libor
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3022847/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21214898
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-4-4