A. Vilcinskas – Yellow Biotechnology. Insect Biotechnology in Plant Protection and Industry, in Drug Discovery and Preclinical Research (2 Volumes)

Автор: A. Vilcinskas
Название книги: Yellow Biotechnology. Insect Biotechnology in Plant Protection and Industry, in Drug Discovery and Preclinical Research (2 Volumes)
Формат: PDF
Жанр: Биологические науки
Страницы: 416
Качество: Изначально компьютерное, E-book

1. Contents
– Utility of Insects for Studying Human Pathogens and Evaluating New Antimicrobial Agents, by Yan Wang, De-Dong Li, Yuan-Ying Jiang and Eleftherios Mylonakis.
– Galleria Mellonella as a Model Host to Study Gut Microbe Homeostasis and Brain Infection by the Human Pathogen Listeria Monocytogenes, by Krishnendu Mukherjee, Ramya Raju, Rainer Fischer and Andreas Vilcinskas.
– Drosophila as a Model to Study Metabolic Disorders, by Julia Hoffmann, Renja Romey, Christine Fink and Thomas Roeder.
– The Fruit Fly Drosophila melanogaster as a Model for Aging Research, by Annely Brandt and Andreas Vilcinskas.
– Drosophila and the Hallmarks of Cancer, by Theodoulakis Christofi and Yiorgos Apidianakis.
– The red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum as a model to monitor food safety and functionality, by Stefanie Grünwald, Iris V. Adam, Ana-Maria Gurmai, Ludmila Bauer, Michael Boll, and Uwe Wenzel.
– Identification and Bioanalysis of Natural Products from Insect Symbionts and Pathogens, by Alexander O. Brachmann and Helge B. Bode.
– Antiparasitic Peptides, by Jette Pretzel, Franziska Mohring, Stefan Rahlfs and Katja Becker.

2. Covers trends in modern biotechnology
All aspects of this interdisciplinary technology, where knowledge, methods and expertise are required from chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology, genetics, chemical engineering and computer science, are treated
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Nicole Mika, Holger Zorn, Martin Rühl
Insect derived enzymes – a treasure for white biotechnology and food biotechnology
Hans Merzendorfer
Insect-derived chitinases
Rainer Fischer, Raluca Ostafe and Richard M Twyman
Cellulases from insects.
Damir Druzinec, Denise Salzig, Alexander Brix, Matthias Kraume and Peter Czermak
Optimization of Insect Cell Based Protein Production Processes – Expression Systems, Online Monitoring, Scale-Up.
Matthias Schott, Christoph Wehrenfennig, Tina Gasch, Andreas Vilcinskas
Insect antenna-based biosensors for in situ detection of volatiles
Marc F. Schetelig and Alfred M. Handler
Y-linked markers for improved population control of the tephritid fruit fly pest, Anastrepha suspensa
Kenneth E. Narva, Blair D. Siegfried and Nicholas P. Storer
Transgenic Approaches to Western Corn Rootworm Control.
Eileen Knorr, Linda Bingsohn, Michael R. Kanost, Andreas Vilcinskas
Tribolium castaneum as a model for high-throughput RNAi screening
Torsten Will, Andreas Vilcinskas
Aphid-proof plants: Biotechnology-based approaches for aphid control.
Content Level » Research
Keywords » Antenna-Based Biosensors – Aphid-proof Plants – Cellulases – Expression Systems- High-throughput RNAi Screening – Insect-derived Chitinases – Online Monitoring – Western Corn Rootworm Control – Y-Linked Markers
Related subjects » Biomedical Engineering – Biotechnology – Ecology