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Water absorption through salivary gland type I acini in the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis

Tick salivary glands play critical roles in maintaining water balance for survival, as they eliminate excess water and ions during blood feeding on hosts. In the long duration of fasting in the off-host period, ticks secrete hygroscopic saliva into the mouth cavity to uptake atmospheric water vapor....

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Autores principales: Kim, Donghun, Maldonado-Ruiz, Paulina, Zurek, Ludek, Park, Yoonseong
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Lenguaje:Inglês
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5669254/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29104829
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3984
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