Figure 1From: Rhipicephalus microplus and Ixodes ovatus cystatins in tick blood digestion and evasion of host immune response JpIocys2a nucleotide and predicted amino acid sequences. The predicted signal peptide (SignalP) is underlined. Cysteine residues are in gray and the conserved cystatin motifs PI (G), P II (QxVxG), and P III (PW) are boxed.Back to article page