Variability and action mechanism of a family of anticomplement proteins in Ixodes ricinus.

Variability and action mechanism of a family of anticomplement proteins in Ixodes ricinus.

BACKGROUND: Ticks are blood feeding arachnids that characteristically take a long blood meal. They must therefore counteract host defence mechanisms such as hemostasis, inflammation and the immune response. This is achieved by expressing batteries of salivary proteins coded by multigene families. ME...

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Main Authors: Bernard Couvreur, Jérôme Beaufays, Cédric Charon, Kathia Lahaye, François Gensale, Valérie Denis, Benoît Charloteaux, Yves Decrem, Pierre-Paul Prévôt, Michel Brossard, Luc Vanhamme, Edmond Godfroid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2151134?pdf=render

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