Male ticks help their mates to feed

被引：83

作者：

Wang, H

Paesen, GC

Nuttall, PA

Barbour, AG

机构：

[1] NERC, Inst Virol & Environm Microbiol, Oxford OX1 3SR, England

[2] Univ Calif Irvine, Dept Microbiol & Mol Genet, Irvine, CA 92697 USA

[3] Univ Calif Irvine, Dept Med, Irvine, CA 92697 USA

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NATURE | 1998年 / 391卷 / 6669期

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D O I：

10.1038/35773

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Ixodid ticks produce a unique family of proteins that bind vertebrate immuno-globulins1,2. These immunoglobulin-binding proteins (IGBPs) were discovered when it was realized that ticks excrete host immunoglobulins in their saliva during feeding3. We have sequenced three of these proteins and propose a new role for a male-specific IGBP that helps females to feed.

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