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Simukunin from the Salivary Glands of the Black Fly Simulium vittatum Inhibits Enzymes That Regulate Clotting and Inflammatory Responses
BACKGROUND: Black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) feed on blood, and are important vectors of Onchocerca volvulus, the etiolytic agent of River Blindness. Blood feeding depends on pharmacological properties of saliva, including anticoagulation, but the molecules responsible for this activity have not be...
Autores principales: | Tsujimoto, Hitoshi, Kotsyfakis, Michail, Francischetti, Ivo M. B., Eum, Jai Hoon, Strand, Michael R., Champagne, Donald E. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3285612/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22383955 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0029964 |
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