Salivary gland proteome analysis of developing adult female Haemaphysalis longicornis ticks: molecular motor and TCA cycle-related proteins play an important role throughout development

Abstract Background Ticks are notorious blood-feeding arthropods that can spread a variety of deadly diseases. The salivary gland is an important organ for ticks to feed on blood, and this organ begins to develop rapidly when ixodid ticks suck blood. When these ticks reach a critical weight, the sal...

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Main Authors: Shuguang Ren, Baowen Zhang, Xiaomin Xue, Xiaoshuang Wang, Huaqu Zhao, Xiaoli Zhang, Minjing Wang, Qi Xiao, Hui Wang, Jingze Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3864-2

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