Research Article
Proteomics Approach to the Study of Cattle Tick Adaptation to White Tailed Deer
Table 2
Tick proteins involved in feeding and reproduction.
| Uniprot accession no. | Description | Ticks fed on cattle | Ticks fed on WTD | No. of peptides |
| Blood digestion | J9QJ79 | Cathepsin L | 1 | 0 | Q7YW74 | Cathepsin L-like cysteine proteinase B | 2 | 0 | | Ave ± S.D. | | |
| Reproduction | B0F457 | Vitellogenin | 9 | 6 | L7M551 | Putative multicellular organism reproduction | 2 | 0 | A8WAA7 | Vitellogenin-2 | 10 | 12 | Q5EG54 | Vitellogenin | 11 | 5 | G9M4L6 | Vitellogenin-B | 1 | 1 | I3VGB9 | Vitellin-degrading cysteine endopeptidase | 2 | 2 | Q56CZ1 | Yolk cathepsin | 3 | 1 | | Ave ± S.D. | | |
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The number of peptides per protein on each pathway was represented as Ave ± S.D. and compared between ticks fed on cattle and WTD by test ().
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