The paralogous salivary anti-complement proteins IRAC I and IRAC II encoded by Ixodes ricinus ticks have broad and complementary inhibitory activities against the complement of different host species.

Schroeder, Hélène

The paralogous salivary anti-complement proteins IRAC I and IRAC II encoded by Ixodes ricinus ticks have broad and complementary inhibitory activities against the complement of different host species. [electronic resource] - Microbes and infection Feb 2007 - 247-50 p. digital

Publication Type: Letter

1286-4579

10.1016/j.micinf.2006.10.020 doi


Animals
Birds
Complement Inactivator Proteins--metabolism
Complement Pathway, Alternative
Complement System Proteins--immunology
Humans
Ixodes--metabolism
Mammals
Species Specificity