Tick lectins and fibrinogen-related proteins

Ticks: Biology, Disease and Control

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 127-142

  Grubhoffer, L ^a   Rego, R O M ^b   Hajdusek O ^c   Hypsa V ^c   KovAR V ^a   Rudenko, N ^a   Oliver, J H ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^d GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511551802.007     Document Type: Chapter

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