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Rhipicephalus microplus serine protease inhibitor family: annotation, expression and functional characterisation assessment
1 Jan 2015
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BACKGROUND: Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus evades the host's haemostatic system through a complex protein array secreted into tick saliva. Serine protease inhibitors (serpins) conform an important component of saliva which are represented by a large protease inhibitor family in Ixodidae. These secreted and non-secreted inhibitors modulate diverse and essential proteases involved in different physiological...
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