The Journal of Experimental Medicine Anaplasma phagocytophilum induces actin phosphorylation to selectively regulate gene transcription in Ixodes scapularis ticks
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Following the print publication of this article, the authors noted that an acknowledgment of the support given by Lesley Bell-Sakyi (University of Edinburgh) had been inadvertently omitted. The Ixodes ricinus tick cell line IRE/CTVM19 was provided by Lesley Bell-Sakyi. The authors have added the following publication to the references: Bell-Sakyi, L., E. Zweygarth, E.F. Blouin, E.A. Gould, and F. Jongejan. 2007. Tick cell lines: tools for tick and tick-borne disease research. Trends Parasitol. 23:450-457. Cor rect ion
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تاریخ انتشار 2011