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Fig. 1 | Parasites & Vectors

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From: Virulence genes of Rickettsia rickettsii are differentially modulated by either temperature upshift or blood-feeding in tick midgut and salivary glands

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Transcriptional profile of Rickettsia rickettsii exposed to temperature upshift, blood-feeding or both stimuli simultaneously. The 2-ΔΔCq equation was used to determine the relative expression of rickettsial genes in the MG and SG of male and female ticks from G2 versus G1 (to evaluate the effect of temperature upshift), G3 versus G2 (to evaluate the effect of blood-feeding), and G3 versus G1 (to evaluate the combined effects of temperature upshift and blood-feeding). Each cell in the matrix corresponds to the expression level of one gene in a sample (mean values of biological replicates). The intensity of the color from green to red indicates the magnitude of differential expression

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