Tick-Pathogen Ensembles: Do Molecular Interactions Lead Ecological Innovation?

Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2017 Mar 13:7:74. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2017.00074. eCollection 2017.
No abstract available

Keywords: Anaplasma phagocytophilum; ecological adaptation; epigenetics; tick-pathogen interactions; transcriptional reprogramming.

MeSH terms

  • Adaptation, Biological / genetics
  • Adaptation, Biological / physiology
  • Anaplasma phagocytophilum
  • Animals
  • Biological Evolution
  • Ecology*
  • Evolution, Molecular
  • Gene Expression Regulation / genetics*
  • Host-Pathogen Interactions / genetics*
  • Ixodes / microbiology
  • Ticks / microbiology*
  • Transcription, Genetic / genetics