Longistatin, a Plasminogen Activator, Is Key to the Availability of Blood-Meals for Ixodid Ticks

• Anisuzzaman,

  Affiliations Department of Global Agricultural Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, National Institute of Animal Health, National Agricultural and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Japan

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• M. Khyrul Islam,

  Affiliations National Institute of Animal Health, National Agricultural and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Japan, Animal Functional Genomics Laboratory, Department of Primary Industries, Attwood, Victoria, Australia

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• M. Abdul Alim,

  Affiliation National Institute of Animal Health, National Agricultural and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Japan

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• Takeharu Miyoshi,

  Affiliation National Institute of Animal Health, National Agricultural and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Japan

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• Takeshi Hatta,

  Affiliation National Institute of Animal Health, National Agricultural and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Japan

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• Kayoko Yamaji,

  Affiliation National Institute of Animal Health, National Agricultural and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Japan

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• Yasunobu Matsumoto,

  Affiliation Department of Global Agricultural Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Kozo Fujisaki,

  Affiliations National Research Centre for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Japan, School of Frontier Veterinary Medicine, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan

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• Naotoshi Tsuji

  * E-mail: tsujin@affrc.go.jp

  Affiliations Department of Global Agricultural Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, National Institute of Animal Health, National Agricultural and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Japan

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