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Is selenoprotein K required for Borrelia burgdorferi infection within the tick vector Ixodes scapularis?

BACKGROUND: Tick selenoproteins are involved in regulating oxidative and endoplasmic reticulum stress during prolonged tick feeding on mammalian hosts. How selenoproteins are activated upon tick-borne pathogen infection is yet to be defined. METHODS: To examine the functional role of selenoprotein K...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Deepak, Embers, Monica, Mather, Thomas N., Karim, Shahid
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6555942/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31174589
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3548-y

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