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3.2.2.2 Cyclic AMP dependent phosphodiesterase The level of cAMP in cells is
determined by the activity of adenylate cyclase in synthesizing CAMP from ATP
and cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases ( PDE ) in hydrolyzing CAMP to
inactive ...
3.2.2.2 Cyclic AMP dependent phosphodiesterase The level of cAMP in cells is
determined by the activity of adenylate cyclase in synthesizing CAMP from ATP
and cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases ( PDE ) in hydrolyzing CAMP to
inactive ...
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The critical equilibrium activity ( CEA ; activity = relative humidity / 100 ) is the
activity at which water uptake from the environment equals loss from the body .
For this value to be lower than about 0.99 ( hemolymph activity ) the tick must
have ...
The critical equilibrium activity ( CEA ; activity = relative humidity / 100 ) is the
activity at which water uptake from the environment equals loss from the body .
For this value to be lower than about 0.99 ( hemolymph activity ) the tick must
have ...
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activity . This would provide the advantage of reduced net water loss due to an
increased rate of passive uptake , with the possibility of active uptake depending
on the actual vapor activity encountered in this microclimate . The behavior ...
activity . This would provide the advantage of reduced net water loss due to an
increased rate of passive uptake , with the possibility of active uptake depending
on the actual vapor activity encountered in this microclimate . The behavior ...
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Contents
Table of Contents | 13 |
The cell biology of the ixodid tick salivary gland | 22 |
Salivary gland degeneration in the female tick Amblyomma hebraeum | 46 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Morphology, Physiology, and Behavioral Biology of Ticks Acarology Series Ellis Horwood Series in Entomology and Acarology Ellis Horwood series in acarology Open University Press Robotics Series |
| Author | J. Alexander Hair |
| Editors | John R. Sauer, J. Alexander Hair |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | E. Horwood, 1986 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 21 Apr 2011 |
| ISBN | 0470203277, 9780470203279 |
| Length | 510 pages |
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