Insect Immunology

Herausgegeben:Beckage, Nancy E.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first full-length publication on the topic of insect immunology since 1991.

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Approx.360 pages

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Academic Press
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: B978-0-12-373976-6.X5001-0
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 162mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 710g
• ISBN-13: 9780123739766
• ISBN-10: 0123739764
• Artikelnr.: 23315463

Inhaltsangabe

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