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A Deep Insight into the Sialotranscriptome of the Gulf Coast Tick, Amblyomma maculatum
21 Dec 2011
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BACKGROUND: Saliva of blood sucking arthropods contains compounds that antagonize their hosts' hemostasis, which include platelet aggregation, vasoconstriction and blood clotting; saliva of these organisms also has anti-inflammatory and immunomodullatory properties. Perhaps because hosts mount an active immune response against these compounds, the diversity of these compounds is large even among related blood...
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