TRYPSIN-CHYMOTRYPSIN INHIBITORS FROM THE TICK, BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS
- 1 April 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Australian Journal of Experimental Biology and Medical Science
- Vol. 61 (2) , 231-238
- https://doi.org/10.1038/icb.1983.21
Abstract
The eggs of the cattle tick, Boophilus microplus, contain at least two proteolytic enzyme inhibitors which have been purified and partially characterized. One of these is closely related to an inhibitor from larval ticks previously purified. It is similar in general properties, in amino acid composition and it cross-reacts immunologically with the larval protein. The egg and larval proteins are, however, largely or completely stage-specific. The significance of this to the study of She host-parasite interaction is discussed.Keywords
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