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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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Autores principales: Park, Jeong Kuk, Han, Yu Jin, Lee, Jae Ho, Joo, Sang-Woo, Kim, Ju Hyeon, Lee, Si Hyeock, Park, SangYoun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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