Diversity and selective pressures of anticoagulants in three medicinal leeches (Hirudinida: Hirudinidae, Macrobdellidae)

Although medicinal leeches have long been used as treatment for various ailments because of their potent anticoagulation factors, neither the full diversity of salivary components that inhibit coagulation, nor the evolutionary selection acting on them has been thoroughly investigated. Here, we const...

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Autores principales: Kvist, Sebastian, Min, Gi-Sik, Siddall, Mark E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2013
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3631404/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23610634
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.480

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3631404/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23610634
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.480

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