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Functional characterization of two defensins, HlDFS1 and HlDFS2, from the hard tick Haemaphysalis longicornis

BACKGROUND: Ticks are second to mosquitoes as vectors of human arthropod-borne diseases. Ticks rely heavily on antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) to defend against microbes and defensins are major components of innate immunity in ticks. RESULTS: Two novel defensin genes, named HlDFS1 and HlDFS2, were ide...

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Autores principales: Sun, Ta, Pan, Wen, Song, Yanhui, Zhang, Jingpin, Wang, Jingwen, Dai, Jianfeng
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/PMC5625651/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28969703
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2397-9