An arthropod defensin expressed by the hemocytes of the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae)
- 9 October 2003
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Vol. 33 (11) , 1099-1103
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0965-1748(03)00122-x
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