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Two feeding-induced proteins from the male gonad trigger engorgement of the female tick Amblyomma hebraeum

Most female ixodid ticks, once mated, feed to repletion within 6–10 days. Previous studies indicate that an engorgement factor (EF), passed to the female during copulation, may be the stimulus for engorgement. Here, we show that extracts of the testis/vas deferens of fed (but not unfed) male Amblyom...

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Autori principali: Weiss, Brian L., Kaufman, W. Reuben
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: National Academy of Sciences 2004
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC395891/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15069191
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0307529101
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