Comparison of the protein profiles of salivary gland extracts derived from three species of unfed and partially fed ixodid ticks analysed by SDS-PAGE

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-71

  Slovák, Mirko ^a   Hajnická, Valéria ^b   Labuda, Milan ^a   Fuchsberger, Norbert ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b INST OF PREV AND CLINICAL MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

^c INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Dermacentor reticulatus; Haemaphysalis inermis; Ixodes ricinus; SDS PAGE; Tick saliva

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034010629     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2000.013     Document Type: Article

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