title: Identification of residual blood proteins in ticks by mass spectrometry proteomics.
abstract: Mass spectrometry-based proteomics of individual ticks demonstrated persistence of mammalian host blood components, including alpha- and beta-globin chains, histones, and mitochondrial enzymes, in Ixodes scapularis and Amblyomma americanum ticks for months after molting. Residual host proteins may identify sources of infection for ticks.
authors.affiliation: University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
authors.forename: Samanthi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wickramasekara
authors.forename: Jonas
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bunikis
authors.forename: Vicki
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Wysocki
authors.forename: Alan G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Barbour
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D007814:Larva; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D018978:Molting; D009758:Nymph; D011817:Rabbits / Q000097:blood; D012756:Sheep / Q000097:blood; D053719:Tandem Mass Spectrometry; D013987:Ticks / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins