Sauer, John R.Schramke, Mary Louise2015-08-272015-08-271982-05-01http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14446/16634This study was designed to determine the importance of the enzyme adenylate cyclase in the salivary glands of female lone star ticks Amblyomma americanum (L.), as this enzyme catalyses� the production of intracellular cyclic AMP, a molecule known to play a key role in the fluid secretory process of feeding female ixodid ticks.application/pdfCopyright is held by the author who has granted the Oklahoma State University Library the non-exclusive right to share this material in its institutional repository. Contact Digital Library Services at lib-dls@okstate.edu or 405-744-9161 for the permission policy on the use, reproduction or distribution of this material.text