Defensins from the tick Ixodes scapularis are effective against phytopathogenic fungi and the human bacterial pathogen Listeria grayi

BACKGROUND: Ixodes scapularis is the most common tick species in North America and a vector of important pathogens that cause diseases in humans and animals including Lyme disease, anaplasmosis and babesiosis. Tick defensins have been identified as a new source of antimicrobial agents with putative...

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Autores principales: Tonk, Miray, Cabezas-Cruz, Alejandro, Valdés, James J, Rego, Ryan OM, Chrudimská, Tereza, Strnad, Martin, Šíma, Radek, Bell-Sakyi, Lesley, Franta, Zdeněk, Vilcinskas, Andreas, Grubhoffer, Libor, Rahnamaeian, Mohammad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4269947/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25443032
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-014-0554-y

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4269947/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25443032
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-014-0554-y

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