A Deeper Insight into the Tick Salivary Protein Families under the Light of Alphafold2 and Dali: Introducing the TickSialoFam 2.0 Database
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DOI: 10.3390/ijms232415613
Abstract: Hard ticks feed for several days or weeks on their hosts and their saliva contains thousands of polypeptides belonging to dozens of families, as identified by salivary transcriptomes. Comparison of the coding sequences to protein… read more here.
Keywords: tick salivary; alphafold2 dali; light alphafold2; protein families ... See more keywords
Discovery of the Role of Tick Salivary Glands in Enhancement of Virus Transmission—Beginning of an Exciting Story
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DOI: 10.3390/pathogens12020334
Abstract: There is increasing evidence that arthropod-borne pathogens exploit saliva of their vectors during the transmission process to vertebrate hosts. Extensive research of the composition of tick saliva and its role in blood-feeding and transmission of… read more here.
Keywords: tick salivary; salivary glands; transmission; tick ... See more keywords