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Characterization of Ixophilin, A Thrombin Inhibitor from the Gut of Ixodes scapularis
Ixodes scapularis, the black-legged tick, vectors several human pathogens including Borrelia burgdorferi, the agent of Lyme disease in North America. Pathogen transmission to the vertebrate host occurs when infected ticks feed on the mammalian host to obtain a blood meal. Efforts to understand how t...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3706618/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23874485 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068012 |