Tick holocyclotoxins trigger host paralysis by presynaptic inhibition

Ticks are important vectors of pathogens and secreted neurotoxins with approximately 69 out of 692 tick species having the ability to induce severe toxicoses in their hosts. The Australian paralysis tick (Ixodes holocyclus) is known to be one of the most virulent tick species producing a flaccid par...

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Autores principales: Chand, Kirat K., Lee, Kah Meng, Lavidis, Nickolas A., Rodriguez-Valle, Manuel, Ijaz, Hina, Koehbach, Johannes, Clark, Richard J., Lew-Tabor, Ala, Noakes, Peter G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4937380/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27389875
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep29446

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4937380/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27389875
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep29446

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