2-Cys peroxiredoxin is required in successful blood-feeding, reproduction, and antioxidant response in the hard tick Haemaphysalis longicornis

BACKGROUND: Ticks are obligate hematophagous arthropods that feed on vertebrate blood that contains iron. Ticks also concentrate host blood with iron; this concentration of the blood leads to high levels of iron in ticks. The host-derived iron reacts with oxygen in the tick body and this may generat...

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Autores principales: Kusakisako, Kodai, Galay, Remil Linggatong, Umemiya-Shirafuji, Rika, Hernandez, Emmanuel Pacia, Maeda, Hiroki, Talactac, Melbourne Rio, Tsuji, Naotoshi, Mochizuki, Masami, Fujisaki, Kozo, Tanaka, Tetsuya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4992251/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27542835
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1748-2

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