Abstract:
:Mites and ticks are associated with many human diseases including allergic diseases and scabies. With the recent advances in the high throughput DNA sequencing technology, many mitochondrial nuclear genomes of these species have been sequenced and the resulting genomic resources will certainly provide novel insights for the future investigation of the functionally important proteins and peptides in these species. In this mini-review, the current situation of mite and tick genomes is described and the future perspectives for the application of the genomic resources are discussed, especially including the novel identification and structural analysis of allergens.
journal_name
Curr Protein Pept Scijournal_title
Current protein & peptide scienceauthors
Xiong Q,Wan ATY,Tsui SKdoi
10.2174/1389203720666190719150432subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2020-01-01 00:00:00pages
114-123issue
2eissn
1389-2037issn
1875-5550pii
CPPS-EPUB-99782journal_volume
21pub_type
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