Characterization of Ixodes ricinus Fibrinogen-Related Proteins (Ixoderins) Discloses Their Function in the Tick Innate Immunity

Characterization of Ixodes ricinus Fibrinogen-Related Proteins (Ixoderins) Discloses Their Function in the Tick Innate Immunity

Ticks are important vectors of serious human and animal disease-causing organisms, but their innate immunity can fight invading pathogens and may have the ability to reduce or block transmission to mammalian hosts. Lectins, sugar-binding proteins, can distinguish between self and non-self-oligosacch...

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Main Authors: Helena Honig Mondekova, Radek Sima, Veronika Urbanova, Vojtech Kovar, Ryan O. M. Rego, Libor Grubhoffer, Petr Kopacek, Ondrej Hajdusek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Subjects:
fibrinogen-related protein
ixoderin
lectin
complement
tick
Ixodes
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcimb.2017.00509/full

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