Lectins and their glycosylated receptors in a system of the tick-transmitted pathogen are the addressed topics which the minireview is dealing with. They participate in the reciprocal protein-saccharide interactions in the transmission of the causative agents of the tick-borne encephalitis and Lyme borreliosis by the ticks. Functional significance of the tick tissue specific lectins as well the lectins/aggulutinis of the transmitted pathogens in molecular ecology of the tick borne diseases has been shown.

Institute of Parasitology Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Ceské Budĕjovice Czech Republic

Lectin-binding characteristics of a Lyme borreliosis spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto