Evolution of hematophagy in ticks: Common-origins for blood coagulation and platelet aggregation inhibitors from soft ticks of the genus Ornithodoros

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1695-1705

  Mans, Ben J ^a   Louw, Abraham I ^a   Neitz, Albert W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anticoagulant; Evolution; Platelet aggregation inhibitor; Tick

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; APROTININ; BLOOD CLOTTING INHIBITOR; THROMBIN INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; HEMOSTASIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; TICK;

ACARI; ARACHNIDA; ARGASIDAE; ARTHROPODA; AVES; BOVINAE; DARWINIA; EUTHERIA; HEXAPODA; IXODIDAE; MAMMALIA; ORNITHODOROS;

EID: 0036791106     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003992     Document Type: Article

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