Annotation of intrinsic, extrinsic and execution apoptosis pathway genes and expression in response to <i>A</i>. <i>phagocytophilum</i> infection.

<p>Tissue-specific differences were found in the apoptosis pathway genes response to <i>A</i>. <i>phagocytophilum</i> infection. (A) Intrinsic pathway. (B) Extrinsic pathway. (C) Execution pathway. For annotation, gene identifiers were obtained from VectorBase (<a href="http://www.vectorbase.org" target="_blank">www.vectorbase.org</a>) and compared to the corresponding pathways in <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i>, <i>Anopheles gambiae</i>, <i>Aedes aegypti</i> and <i>Homo sapiens</i>. Differential expression (P<0.05) is shown for tick nymphs (N) and adult female midguts (G) and salivary glands (SG).