Insect Immunology

Buch | Hardcover

360 Seiten

2008
Academic Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-12-373976-6 (ISBN)

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Covers the topic of insect immunology since 1991, complimenting earlier works by offering a fresh perspective on the research. This book encompasses the most important topics of insect immunology including mechanisms, genes, proteins, evolution and phylogeny and provides coverage of topics important to medical researchers.

Preface: An Insect's Perspective on Immunity

1: Insect and Vertebrate Immunity: Key Similarities versus Differences
Otto Schmidt, Ulrich Theopold and Nancy E. Beckage

2: Insect Hemocytes and their Role in Immunity
Michael R. Strand

3: Eicosanoid Actions in Insect Immunology
David W. Stanley and Jon S. Miller

4: Phenoloxidases in Insect Immunity
Michael R. Kanost and Maureen J. Gorman

5: Evidence for Specificity and Memory in the Insect Innate Immune Response
Linh N. Pham and David S. Schneider

6: Bidirectional Connections Between the Immune System and the Nervous System in Insects
Shelley Anne Adamo

7: Bloodfeeding as an Interface of Mammalian and Arthropod Immunity
Leyla Akman-Anderson, Yoram Vodovotz, Ruben Zamora, and Shirley Luckhart

8: Mosquito Immunity to the Malaria Parasite
Lindsey S. Garver, Luke Baton and George Dimopoulos

9: Insect Immunity to Viruses
Wendy O. Sparks, Lyric C. Bartholomay and Byrony C. Bonning

10: Parasitoid Polydnaviruses and Insect Immunity
Nancy E. Beckage

11: Insect Immune Recognition and Suppression
Otto Schmidt

12: RNAi and the Insect Immune System
Stuart E. Reynolds and Ioannis Eleftherianos

13: Epilogue: Pathways into the Future of Insect Immunology
Nancy E. Beckage

Erscheint lt. Verlag	6.2.2008
Verlagsort	San Diego
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	690 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Biochemie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
ISBN-10	0-12-373976-4 / 0123739764
ISBN-13	978-0-12-373976-6 / 9780123739766
Zustand	Neuware