Defensin from the ornate sheep tick Dermacentor marginatus and i
Defensin from the ornate sheep tick Dermacentor marginatus and its effect on Lyme borreliosis spirochetes. Chrudimská T, ÄŒeÅ™ovský V, Slaninová J, Rego RO, Grubhoffer L., Dev. Comp. Immunol., 2014, 46, 165-70. Expression of the previously reported defensin of the tick Dermacentor marginatus (defDM) was analysed in different organs by RT-PCR. mRNA of the defDM gene was detected in the hemolymph,…