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1 The cell biology of the ixodid tick salivary gland Don W. Fawcett, Keith
Binnington, and Wolf P. Voigt 1.1 INTRODUCTION Interest in the salivary gland
of ixodid ticks relates mainly to its role as a site of development of infectious
stages of ...
1 The cell biology of the ixodid tick salivary gland Don W. Fawcett, Keith
Binnington, and Wolf P. Voigt 1.1 INTRODUCTION Interest in the salivary gland
of ixodid ticks relates mainly to its role as a site of development of infectious
stages of ...
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In ixodid ticks, however, the salivary glands play a vital role in ionic and osmotic
regulation, in addition to carrying out many other functions. Because they also
transmit pathogenic agents and contribute most of the antigens that stimulate the
...
In ixodid ticks, however, the salivary glands play a vital role in ionic and osmotic
regulation, in addition to carrying out many other functions. Because they also
transmit pathogenic agents and contribute most of the antigens that stimulate the
...
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Cyclic AMP stimulated the phosphorylation of at least 14 proteins in broken cell
preparations of tick salivary glands, 9 of which were phosphorylated in response
to dopamine and cAMP/theophylline in whole-gland experiments. The most ...
Cyclic AMP stimulated the phosphorylation of at least 14 proteins in broken cell
preparations of tick salivary glands, 9 of which were phosphorylated in response
to dopamine and cAMP/theophylline in whole-gland experiments. The most ...
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Contents
Foreword | 13 |
Directory of contributors | 17 |
Salivary gland degeneration in the female tick Amblyomma hebraeum | 46 |
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| 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 |
| ISBN | 0470203277, 9780470203279 |
| Length | 510 pages |
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