Table. Vertebrate proteins detected by mass spectrometry in extracts of Amyblomma americanum or Ixodes scapularis flat ticks.
| Protein in tryptic digest | No. ticks in which protein was detected/no. examined |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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A. americanum nymphs |
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I. scapularis nymphs |
I. scapularis adults |
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| Fed on rabbit | Fed on sheep | Fed on rabbit | Fed on mouse | Fed on mouse | |||
| Immunoglobulin | 3/4 | 3/4 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 0/3 | ||
| Globin (α or β) | 1/4 | 3/4 | 0/5 | 0/10 | 3/3 | ||
| Histone H3 | 1/4 | 3/4 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/3 | ||
| Histone H2 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/3 | ||
| Tubulin | 1/4 | 2/4 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 3/3 | ||
| Keratin | 0/4 | 3/4 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 1/3 | ||
| Actin | 1/4 | 3/4 | 5/5 | 10/10 | 0/3 | ||
| Cytochrome c-type heme lyase |
0/4 |
0/4 |
|
5/5 |
10/10 |
|
3/3 |
| >1 of above | 4/4 | 4/4 | 5/5 | 10/10 | 3/3 | ||