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Longistatin, a Plasminogen Activator, Is Key to the Availability of Blood-Meals for Ixodid Ticks

Ixodid ticks are notorious blood-sucking ectoparasites and are completely dependent on blood-meals from hosts. In addition to the direct severe effects on health and productivity, ixodid ticks transmit various deadly diseases to humans and animals. Unlike rapidly feeding vessel-feeder hematophagous...

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Autores principales: Anisuzzaman, Islam, M. Khyrul, Alim, M. Abdul, Miyoshi, Takeharu, Hatta, Takeshi, Yamaji, Kayoko, Matsumoto, Yasunobu, Fujisaki, Kozo, Tsuji, Naotoshi
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3053353/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21423674
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1001312