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John R. Sauer
Researcher at Oklahoma State University–Stillwater
Publications - 113
Citations - 3568
John R. Sauer is an academic researcher from Oklahoma State University–Stillwater. The author has contributed to research in topics: Amblyomma americanum & Salivary gland. The author has an hindex of 32, co-authored 113 publications receiving 3448 citations.
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Tick salivary gland physiology
TL;DR: The physiology of this remarkable organ provides a striking example of strategies that have evolved to meet the challenge of a unique parasitic life style.
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Salivary glands in ixodid ticks: control and mechanism of secretion
TL;DR: The salivary glands are vital to the biological success of ixodid ticks and the major route for pathogen transmission, and key regulatory and secretory gland proteins are purified and their genes cloned and sequenced.
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Tick salivary glands: function, physiology and future.
Alan S. Bowman,John R. Sauer +1 more
TL;DR: The cell biology of tick salivary glands is reviewed and the application of new approaches such as expressed sequence tag projects and RNA interference to this important area in the field of tick and tick-borne pathogen research is discussed.
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Tick salivary prostaglandins: Presence, origin and significance.
TL;DR: Ticks secrete saliva containing extremely high concentrations of PGs into the host, and in this article Alan Bowman, Jack Dillwith and John Sauer provide a synopsis of the information, to date, on the presence, synthesis and proposed roles for these tick salivary PGs.