The Biological and Molecular Analysis of a Tick-Encoded Serine Protease Inhibitor (S6) and its Role in the Feeding Cycle of the Lone Star Tick, Amblyomma americanum (L) (Acari: ixodidae)
Serine protease inhibitors (serpins) are a large superfamily of proteins that regulate critical proteolytic pathways by inhibiting serine proteases. Tick-encoded serpins are thought to play a vital role in the feeding process. To determine the relationship of Amblyomma americanum serpin 6 (S6) to ti...
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2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-08-8255 |