A multiple protein sequence alignment of the monolaris group from the <i>I. scapularis</i> sialome project [9].

<p>The multiple sequence alignment is based within the Cys framework showing the conserved Cys residues (black) and the arrow points to the oddly placed Cys position that depicts a potentially ‘atypical’ Cys motif in a monolaris protein described in the sialome of this tick – the asterisk denotes the missing Cys residue. All the monolaris sequences are named after their GenBank accession number and the ‘atypical’ sequence (DN971582) is shown last (at the bottom of the sequence alignment).