| Literature DB >> 12194906 |
Jose M C Ribeiro1, Ivo M B Francischetti.
Abstract
This review addresses the problems insects and ticks face to feed on blood and the solutions these invertebrates engender to overcome these obstacles, including a sophisticated salivary cocktail of potent pharmacologic compounds. Recent advances in transcriptome and proteome research allow an unprecedented insight into the complexity of these compounds, indicating that their molecular diversity as well as the diversity of their targets is still larger than previously thought.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12194906 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.48.060402.102812
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Annu Rev Entomol ISSN: 0066-4170 Impact factor: 19.686