Insect Immunity: Volume 52
Published on 25. May 2017
Book
Hardback
262 pages
978-0-12-811775-0 (ISBN)
Description
Insect Immunity, Volume 52 provides readers with the latest interdisciplinary reviews on the topic. It is an essential reference source for invertebrate physiologists, neurobiologists, entomologists, zoologists and insect chemists, providing invaluable chapters on Insect Antimicrobial Defenses: A Brief History, Recent Findings, Biases, and a Way Forward in Evolutionary Studies, Phagocytosis in Insect Immunity, The Melanization Response in Insect Immunity, Microbiota, Gut Physiology, and Insect Immunity, Intestinal Stem Cells: A Decade of Intensive Research in Drosophila and the Road Ahead, and Insect Symbiosis and Immunity: The Bean Bug-Burkholderia Interaction as a Case Study, along with other related topics.
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Language
English
Place of publication
San Diego
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
550 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-12-811775-0 (9780128117750)
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Content
1. Insect Antimicrobial Defences: A Brief History, Recent Findings, Biases, and a Way Forward in Evolutionary Studies
Naomi L. P. Keehnen, Jens Rolff, Ulrich Theopold and Christopher W. Wheat
2. Phagocytosis in Insect Immunity
Ashley E. Nazario-Toole and Louisa P. Wu
3. The Melanization Response in Insect Immunity
Johnny Nakhleh, Layla El Moussawi and Mike A. Osta
4. Microbiota, Gut Physiology, and Insect Immunity
Ji-Hoon Lee, Kyung-Ah Lee and Won-Jae Lee
5. Intestinal Stem Cells: A Decade of Intensive Research in Drosophila and the Road Ahead
Yiorgos Apidianakis, Vasilia Tamamouna, Savvas Teloni and Chrysoula Pitsouli
6. Insect Symbiosis and Immunity: The Bean Bug-Burkholderia Interaction as a Case Study
Jiyeun K. Kim and Bok L. Lee
7. Exploiting Innate Immunity for Biological Pest Control
Fei Liu, Wuren Huang, Kai Wu, Zhongying Qiu, Yuan Huang and Erjun Ling
8. Immunology of insect vectors: Midgut Interactions of Sandflies and Tsetse with Kinetoplastid Parasites as a paradigm for establishing infection.
Megan Sloan and Petros Ligoxygakis
Naomi L. P. Keehnen, Jens Rolff, Ulrich Theopold and Christopher W. Wheat
2. Phagocytosis in Insect Immunity
Ashley E. Nazario-Toole and Louisa P. Wu
3. The Melanization Response in Insect Immunity
Johnny Nakhleh, Layla El Moussawi and Mike A. Osta
4. Microbiota, Gut Physiology, and Insect Immunity
Ji-Hoon Lee, Kyung-Ah Lee and Won-Jae Lee
5. Intestinal Stem Cells: A Decade of Intensive Research in Drosophila and the Road Ahead
Yiorgos Apidianakis, Vasilia Tamamouna, Savvas Teloni and Chrysoula Pitsouli
6. Insect Symbiosis and Immunity: The Bean Bug-Burkholderia Interaction as a Case Study
Jiyeun K. Kim and Bok L. Lee
7. Exploiting Innate Immunity for Biological Pest Control
Fei Liu, Wuren Huang, Kai Wu, Zhongying Qiu, Yuan Huang and Erjun Ling
8. Immunology of insect vectors: Midgut Interactions of Sandflies and Tsetse with Kinetoplastid Parasites as a paradigm for establishing infection.
Megan Sloan and Petros Ligoxygakis