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Salivary proteome of a Neotropical primate: potential roles in host defense and oral food perception

BACKGROUND: Saliva contains a very complex mixture of proteins for defense against microbiological pathogens and for oral food perception. Howler monkeys are Neotropical primates that can consume a mostly leaf diet. They are well known to thrive in highly disturbed habitats where they may cope with...

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Autores principales: Espinosa-Gómez, Fabiola Carolina, Ruíz-May, Eliel, Serio-Silva, Juan Carlos, Chapman, Colin A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7382365/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32765966
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9489