Functional characterization of two defensin isoforms of the hard tick Ixodes ricinus

BACKGROUND: The immune system of ticks is stimulated to produce many pharmacologically active molecules during feeding and especially during pathogen invasion. The family of cationic peptides - defensins - represents a specific group of antimicrobial compounds with six conserved cysteine residues in...

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Autores principales: Chrudimská, Tereza, Slaninová, Jiřina, Rudenko, Nataliia, Růžek, Daniel, Grubhoffer, Libor
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3102633/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21504572
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-4-63

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3102633/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21504572
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-4-63

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