Host blood proteins and peptides in the midgut of the tick Dermacentor variabilis contribute to bacterial control

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 207-223

  Sonenshine, Daniel E ^a   Hynes, Wayne L ^a   Ceraul, Shane M ^a   Mitchell, Robert ^a   Benzine, Tiffany ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Hemoglobin fragments; Midgut; Ticks

Indexed keywords

PLASMA PROTEIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DERMACENTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HISTOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BLOOD PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DERMACENTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; RABBITS;

ACARI; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SPIROCHAETALES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 23044477809     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-005-2564-0     Document Type: Article

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