Antibacterial peptides are secreted into the midgut lumen to provide antibacterial midgut defense in the soft tick, Ornithodoros moubata (Acari: Argasidae)
- 1 January 2005
- journal article
- Published by Japanese Society of Applied Entomology & Zoology in Applied Entomology and Zoology
- Vol. 40 (3) , 391-397
- https://doi.org/10.1303/aez.2005.391
Abstract
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