Involvement of antibacterial peptide defensin in tick midgut defense

Animals are constantly threatened by pathogenic microorganisms and have developed cellular and humoral immune responses to combat these infections. Invertebrates possess only an innate non-specific immune response. Antimicrobial substances are major components of innate immunity not only in inverteb...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Experimental & applied acarology 2002-01, Vol.28 (1-4), p.135-140
Hauptverfasser:	Nakajima, Y, Taylor, D, Yamakawa, M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Amino Acid Sequence amino acid sequences Animals antibacterial proteins antimicrobial peptides Defensins - biosynthesis Defensins - genetics Defensins - immunology developmental stages Female gene expression Gene Expression Profiling gene induction hematophagy Immune response Immune system Invertebrates Microorganisms midgut Molecular Sequence Data Ornithodoros - genetics Ornithodoros - immunology Ornithodoros - metabolism Ornithodoros moubata Protein Isoforms Sequence Alignment ticks tissue distribution
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