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Purification of Biotinylated Cell Surface Proteins from Rhipicephalus microplus Epithelial Gut Cells
Published on: July 23, 2017
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Complete mitochondrial genome of cattle tick (Rhipicephalus microplus)
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In this study, we report the basic characteristics of the cattle tick mitochondrial genome, including structural organization and base composition of the rRNAs, tRNAs and protein-coding genes. The total length of the mitogenome was 14,901 bp and its overall base composition was estimated to be 38.8% for A, 40.8% for T, 11.3 % for C, 9.1% for G, respectively, indicating an A-T(79.6 %)-rich feature in Rhipicephalus microplus mitogenome.
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