• ATP binding cassette transporter mediates both heme and pesticide detoxification in tick midgut cells 

      Lara, Flávio Alves; Pohl, Paula Cristiane; Gandara, Ana Caroline; Ferreira, Jessica da Silva; Nascimento-Silva, Maria Clara; Bechara, Gervásio Henrique; Sorgine, Marcos Henrique Ferreira; Almeida, Igor Correia de; Vaz Junior, Itabajara da Silva; Oliveira, Pedro Lagerblad de (2015) [Artigo de periódico]
      In ticks, the digestion of blood occurs intracellularly and proteolytic digestion of hemoglobin takes place in a dedicated type of lysosome, the digest vesicle, followed by transfer of the heme moiety of hemoglobin to a ...