Characterization of Ixodes ricinus Fibrinogen-Related Proteins (Ixoderins) Discloses Their Function in the Tick Innate Immunity
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DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2017.00509
Abstract: Ticks are important vectors of serious human and animal disease-causing organisms, but their innate immunity can fight invading pathogens and may have the ability to reduce or block transmission to mammalian hosts. Lectins, sugar-binding proteins,… read more here.
Keywords: fibrinogen related; tick hemolymph; innate immunity; immunity ... See more keywords