Histamine - Binding proteins in tick saliva
Ticks, like other haematophagous ectoparasites, secrete in their saliva bioactive substances that counter the host animal's defence reactions at the feeding site and thus facilitate the acquisition of the bloodmeal. We discovered a family of histamine-binding proteins (HBPs) in the saliva of th...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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1998
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