Fig. 1.
Tissue-specific effect of A. phagocytophilum infection on sheep host proteins represented in ticks. The results demonstrated a clear difference in the sheep host protein content between tick midguts and salivary glands in response to A. phagocytophilum infection. a Biological processes of differentially represented sheep host proteins in infected female tick midguts. b Biological processes of differentially represented sheep host proteins in infected female tick salivary glands. c Number of underrepresented and overrepresented sheep host proteins in different biological processes in infected female tick midguts when compared to uninfected controls. d Number of underrepresented and overrepresented sheep host proteins in different biological processes in infected female tick salivary glands when compared to uninfected controls