Navegação Ciências Agrárias por Autor "Lu, Stephen"

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    • Changes in saliva protein profile throughout Rhipicephalus microplus blood feeding 

      Vaz Junior, Itabajara da Silva; Lu, Stephen; Pinto, Antonio Frederico Michel; Diedrich, Jolene K.; Yates III, John R.; Mulenga, Albert; Termignoni, Carlos; Ribeiro, José Marcos Chaves; Tirloni, Lucas (2024) [Artigo de periódico]
      Background: When feeding on a vertebrate host, ticks secrete saliva, which is a complex mixture of proteins, lipids, and other molecules. Tick saliva assists the vector in modulating host hemostasis, immunity, and tissue ...

    • A longitudinal transcriptomic analysis of Rhipicephalus microplus midgut upon feeding 

      Lu, Stephen; Waldman, Jéssica; Parizi, Luis Fernando; Vaz Junior, Itabajara da Silva; Tirloni, Lucas (2024) [Artigo de periódico]
      Rhipicephalus microplus, a highly host-specific tick that primarily feeds on cattle, posing a significant threat to livestock production. The investigation of tick physiology is crucial for identifying potential targets ...

    • Novel pseudo-aspartic peptidase from the midgut of the tick Rhipicephalus microplus 

      Lu, Stephen; Parizi, Luis Fernando; Torquato, Ricardo José Soares; Vaz Junior, Itabajara da Silva; Tanaka, Aparecida S. (2019) [Artigo de periódico]
      The characterization of Rhipicephalus microplus tick physiology can support efforts to develop and improve the efficiency of control methods. A sequence containing a domain with similarity to one derived from the aspartic ...