生物
唾液
蛋白质组学
唾液腺
免疫系统
脊椎动物
基因
细胞生物学
计算生物学
免疫学
遗传学
生物化学
作者
Paula Beatriz Santiago,Carla Nunes de Araújo,Sébastien Charneau,Yanna Reis Praça,Izabela Marques Dourado Bastos,José M. C. Ribeiro,Jaime M. Santana
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.pt.2019.12.014
摘要
Triatomines are blood-feeding insects that prey on vertebrate hosts. Their saliva is largely responsible for their feeding success. The triatomine salivary content has been studied over the past decades, revealing multifunctional bioactive proteins targeting the host´s hemostasis and immune system. Recently, sequencing of salivary-gland mRNA libraries revealed increasingly complex and complete transcript databases that have been used to validate the expression of deduced proteins through proteomics. This review provides an insight into the journey of discovery and characterization of novel molecules in triatomine saliva.
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