A new type of antimicrobial protein with multiple histidines from the hard tick, Amblyomma hebraeum
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- 9 July 2004
- journal article
- fj express-summaries
- Published by Wiley in The FASEB Journal
- Vol. 18 (12) , 1447-1449
- https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.03-1154fje
Abstract
A novel 11 kDa antimicrobial protein, named as hebraein, and having a unique amino acid sequence, was purified from the hemolymph of fed female Amblyomma hebraeum ticks. A full-length cDNA clone enco...Keywords
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