Evolution, expansion and expression of the Kunitz/BPTI gene family associated with long-term blood feeding in Ixodes Scapularis

BACKGROUND: Recent studies of the tick saliva transcriptome have revealed the profound role of salivary proteins in blood feeding. Kunitz/BPTI proteins are abundant in the salivary glands of ticks and perform multiple functions in blood feeding, such as inhibiting blood coagulation, regulating host...

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Autores principales: Dai, Shao-Xing, Zhang, Ai-Di, Huang , Jing-Fei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3273431/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22244187
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-12-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3273431/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22244187
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-12-4

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