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SUBMITTER: Oliver JD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4449809 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Oliver Jonathan D JD Chávez Adela S Oliva AS Felsheim Roderick F RF Kurtti Timothy J TJ Munderloh Ulrike G UG
Experimental & applied acarology 20150417 3
The Ixodes scapularis embryo-derived cell line ISE6 is the most widely utilized tick-derived cell line due to its susceptibility to a wide variety of tick- and non-tick-vectored pathogens. Little is known about its tissue origin or biological background. Protein expression of ISE6 cells was compared with that of another I. scapularis-derived cell line, IDE12, and dissected tick synganglia. Results demonstrated the presence of a neuronal marker protein, type 3 β-tubulin, in all three samples, as ...[more]