Comparison of the hemolysis machinery in two evolutionarily distant blood-feeding arthropod vectors of human diseases.

• Main Authors: Moataza Dorrah (Author), Chaima Bensaoud (Author), Amr A Mohamed (Author), Daniel Sojka (Author), Taha T M Bassal (Author), Michail Kotsyfakis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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Host blood protein digestion plays a pivotal role in the ontogeny and reproduction of hematophagous vectors. The gut of hematophagous arthropods stores and slowly digests host blood and represents the primary gateway for transmitted pathogens. The initial step in blood degradation is induced lysis o...