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Exon-intron structure and sequence variation of the calreticulin gene among Rhipicephalus sanguineus group ticks.
Parasites & vectors - 12 Dec 2016
Porretta Daniele, Latrofa Maria Stefania, Dantas-Torres Filipe, Mastrantonio Valentina, Iatta Roberta, Otranto Domenico, Urbanelli Sandra
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BACKGROUND: Calreticulin proteins (CRTs) are important components of tick saliva, which is involved in the blood meal success, pathogen transmission and host allergic responses. The characterization of the genes encoding for salivary proteins, such as CRTs, is pivotal to understand the mechanisms of tick-host interaction during blood meal and to develop tick control strategies based on their inhibition. In hard...
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