IrAE – an asparaginyl endopeptidase (legumain) in the gut of the hard tick Ixodes ricinus

Ticks are ectoparasitic blood-feeders and important vectors for pathogens including arboviruses, rickettsiae, spirochetes and protozoa. As obligate blood-feeders, one possible strategy to retard disease transmission is disruption of the parasite’s ability to digest host proteins. However, the consti...

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Main Authors: Sojka, Daniel, Hajdušek, Ondřej, Dvořák, Jan, Sajid, Mohammed, Franta, Zdeněk, Schneider, Eric L., Craik, Charles S., Vancová, Marie, Burešová, Veronika, Bogyo, Matthew, Sexton, Kelly B., McKerrow, James H., Caffrey, Conor R., Kopáček, Petr
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Language:Inglês
Published: 2007
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2587490/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17336985
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2006.12.020
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