Acquisition of exogenous haem is essential for tick reproduction

Acquisition of exogenous haem is essential for tick reproduction

Haem and iron homeostasis in most eukaryotic cells is based on a balanced flux between haem biosynthesis and haem oxygenase-mediated degradation. Unlike most eukaryotes, ticks possess an incomplete haem biosynthetic pathway and, together with other (non-haematophagous) mites, lack a gene encoding ha...

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Main Authors: Jan Perner, Roman Sobotka, Radek Sima, Jitka Konvickova, Daniel Sojka, Pedro Lagerblad de Oliveira, Ondrej Hajdusek, Petr Kopacek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2016-03-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
haem auxotrophy
haem oxygenase
iron metabolism
haematophagy
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/12318

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