A Chitin Deacetylase-Like Protein Is a Predominant Constituent of Tick Peritrophic Membrane That Influences the Persistence of Lyme Disease Pathogens within the Vector

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Kariu, Toru ^a   Smith, Alexis ^a   Yang, Xiuli ^a   Pal, Utpal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CHITIN DEACETYLASE; ENZYME ANTIBODY; HYDROLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IXODES SCAPULARIS; LYME DISEASE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; LYME DISEASE; SPIROCHAETALES; TICKS;

EID: 84885715722     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078376     Document Type: Article

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