Figure 5From: Silencing of a putative immunophilin gene in the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus increases the infection rate of Babesia bovis in larval progenyTranscript level of the imunophilin ( Imnp ) (A), serine protease inhibitor ( Spi ) (B) and lipocalin ( Lpc ) (C) genes in ovaries and guts of six partially engorged R. microplus females fed on either an uninfected calf (black bar) or a B. bovis -infected calf (grey bar). The data represent mean values of relative expression of the genes of interest. Asterisk (*) indicates difference between dsRNA-injected and control groups as determined by t-test (P < 0.05).Back to article page