Positive selection in tick saliva proteins of the salp15 family

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 186-191

  Schwalie, Petra Catalina ^a   Schultz, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Ixodes scapularis; Outer surface protein C; Salp16

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE COMPOSITION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; SALIVARY PROTEINS AND PEPTIDES; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 61349123534     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-008-9194-1     Document Type: Article

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