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Caspase-1 participates in apoptosis of salivary glands in Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides

BACKGROUND: Ticks are among the most harmful vectors worldwide. Their salivary glands play essential roles in blood-feeding and pathogen transmission and undergo apoptosis after feeding. Although it was previously reported that salivary degeneration in ixodid ticks is in response to hormonal stimula...

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Autores principales: Yu, Xinmao, Zhou, Yongzhi, Cao, Jie, Zhang, Houshuang, Gong, Haiyan, Zhou, Jinlin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5422879/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28482931
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2161-1