Insect Biotechnology
1st Edition
Published on 29. October 2010
Book
Hardback
XII, 268 pages
978-90-481-9640-1 (ISBN)
Description
The book provides a fascinating overview about current and sophisticated developments in applied entomology that are powered by molecular biology and that can be summarized under a novel term: insect biotechnology.
By analogy with the application of powerful molecular biological tools in medicine (red biotechnology), plant protection (green biotechnology) and industrial processing (white biotechnology), insect biotechnology (yellow biotechnology) provides novel tools and strategies for human welfare and nutrition. Insect Biotechnology has emerged as a prospering discipline with considerable economic potential, and encompasses the use of insect model organisms and insect-derived molecules in medical research as well as in modern plant protection measures.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
XII, 268 p.
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
639 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-481-9640-1 (9789048196401)
DOI
10.1007/978-90-481-9641-8
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
10/2010
1st Edition
Springer
€149.79
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Content
Part 1: Insect Biotechnology in Medicine
1: The greater wax moth Galleria mellonella as an alternative model host for human pathogens; Krishnendu Mukherjee, Eugen, Domann, Torsten Hain
2: Fruit flies as models in biomedical research - a Drosophila asthma model; Thomas, Roeder, Kerstin Isermann, Christina Wagner, Christine Warmbold
3: Therapeutic potential of antimicrobial peptides from insects; Jochen Wiesner, Andreas Vilcinskas
4: From traditional maggot therapy to modern biosurgery ; Andreas Vilcinskas
5: Insect-associated microorganisms as source for novel secondary metabolites with therapeutic potential; Helge Bode,
6: Potential pharmaceuticals from insects and their co-occurring microorganisms; Konrad Dettner
Part 2: Insect Biotechnology in Plant Protection
7: Insect antimicrobial peptides as new weapons against plant pathogens; Carin Jansen, Karl-Heinz Kogel
8: Protection of Crops against Insect Pests using RNA Interference; John Gatehouse, Daniel Price
9: Insect Transgenesis and the Sterile insect technique; Marc Schetelig, Ernst Wimmer,
Part 3: Industrial applications of Insect Biotechnology
10: Insect cells for heterologous protein expression; Christoph Becker-Pauly, Walter Stöcker
11: Biotechnologies based on silk; Frantisek Sehnal
12: Biosensors on the basis of insect olfaction; Sebastian, Paczkowski, Bernd Weißbecker, Michael Schöning, Stefan Schütz
13: Insect-Inspired technologies: Insects as a source for biomimetics; Stanislas Gorb