Table 2 Summary of immune-recognized peptides in this study. Information is given on the targets identified as well as the frequency at which they were found in the 27 clones above detection threshold after the third round of panning

Ixodes scapularis conserved hypothetical protein, mRNA

XM_002402723.1

8/27

8

Ixodes scapularis solute carrier, putative, mRNA

XM_002416261.1

2/27

8

Ixodes scapularis thrombin inhibitor, putative, mRNA

XM_002408067.1

2/27

8

Ixodes scapularis ubiquitin protein ligase, putative, mRNA

XM_002412768.1

2/27

8

Ixodes scapularis salivary gland metalloprotease mRNA, complete cds

AY_264367.1

9/27

2 and 8

Ixodes scapularis 60S ribosomal protein L14, putative, mRNA

XM_002403042.1

2/27

2 and 8

Ixodes scapularis E3 ubiquitin protein ligase Bre1, putative, mRNA

XM_002434300.1

1/27

8

Ixodes scapularis DNA ligase, putative, mRNA

XM_002406537.1

1/27

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