Insect immunology / Nancy E. Beckage
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TextPublication details: London : Academic Press , c2008Description: xii, 348p.: ill., col. plates ; 23 cmISBN: - 9780123739766
- 571.96157
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| 571.92 DIS(7) Molecular plant pathology / | 571.92 GOU Physiological and molecular plant pathology / | 571.92 GOU(2) Physiological and molecular plant pathology / | 571.96157 BEC Insect immunology / | 571.962 PLA/ROB Plant resistance to herbivores and pathogens: ecology,evolution and genetics / | 571.962 PLA/ROB(2) Plant resistance to herbivores and pathogens: ecology,evolution and genetics / | 571.962 SMI Plant resistance to arthropods:molecular and conventional approaches / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
1. Insect and vertebrate immunity: key similarities versus difference
2. Insect hemocytes and their role in immunity
3. Eicosaniod actions in insect immunology
4. Phenoloxidases in insect immunity
5. Evidence for speficity and memory in the insect innate immune response
6. Bidirectional connections between the immune system and the nervous system in insects
7. Bloodfeeding as an interface of mammalian and arthropod immunity
8. Mosquito immunity to the malaria parasite
9. Insect immunity to viruses
10. Parasitoid polydnaviruses and insect immunity
11. Insect immune recognition and suppression
12. RNAI and the insect immune system
13. Epilogue: pathways into the future of insect immunology
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