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A further insight into the sialome of the tropical bont tick, Amblyomma variegatum

BACKGROUND: Ticks--vectors of medical and veterinary importance--are themselves also significant pests. Tick salivary proteins are the result of adaptation to blood feeding and contain inhibitors of blood clotting, platelet aggregation, and angiogenesis, as well as vasodilators and immunomodulators....

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Autores principales: Ribeiro, José MC, Anderson, Jennifer M, Manoukis, Nicholas C, Meng, Zhaojing, Francischetti, Ivo MB
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3060141/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21362191
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-12-136