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Characterization of the human head louse nit sheath reveals proteins with adhesive property that show no resemblance to known proteins
Human head and body lice attach their eggs respectively to human hair or clothing by female lice secreted glue that hardens into a nit sheath that protects the egg. In this study, a series of experiments were conducted to characterize the glue-like material of the nit sheath. Fourier transform infra...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6328571/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30631086 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-36913-z |