Expression of heat shock proteins and subolesin affects stress responses, <i>Anaplasma phagocytophilum</i> infection and questing behaviour in the tick, <i>Ixodes scapularis</i>

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We characterized the effects of subolesin and heat shock protein (HSP) expression on Ixodes scapularis Say (Acari: Ixodidae) stress responses to heat shock and feeding, questing behaviour and Anaplasma phagocytophilum (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae) infection. Ticks and cultured tick cells were analysed before and after subolesin, hsp20 and hsp70 gene knock-down by RNA interference. The results of these studies...

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