ATP Binding Cassette Transporter Mediates Both Heme and Pesticide Detoxification in Tick Midgut Cells.

ATP Binding Cassette Transporter Mediates Both Heme and Pesticide Detoxification in Tick Midgut Cells.

In ticks, the digestion of blood occurs intracellularly and proteolytic digestion of hemoglobin takes place in a dedicated type of lysosome, the digest vesicle, followed by transfer of the heme moiety of hemoglobin to a specialized organelle that accumulates large heme aggregates, called hemosomes....

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Main Authors: Flavio Alves Lara, Paula C Pohl, Ana Caroline Gandara, Jessica da Silva Ferreira, Maria Clara Nascimento-Silva, Gervásio Henrique Bechara, Marcos H F Sorgine, Igor C Almeida, Itabajara da Silva Vaz, Pedro L Oliveira
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Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4530934?pdf=render

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