Complement inhibitor of C5 activation from the soft tick Ornithodoros moubata.
Blood-feeding ticks must control C activation or be damaged by the host inflammatory response. We report the characterization and expression of a novel, relatively small, broad-acting C inhibitory protein (termed OmCI) from the soft tick Ornithodoros moubata. The native 17-kDa nonglycosylated protei...
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| Formáid: | Journal article |
| Teanga: | English |
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2005
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