About this book
This volume contains ten fully revised or rewritten chapters from the original seven-volume work Comprehensive Molecular Insect Science as well as five completely new chapters on topics such as insect immunology, insect genomics, RNAi, and molecular biology of circadian rhythms and circadian behavior.
Contents
1. Insect Genomics
Subba R.Palli, Hua Bai, and J. Wigginton
2. Insect MicroRNAs: From Molecular Mechanisms to Biological Roles
Xavier Belles, Alexandre S. Cristino, Erica D. Tanaka, Mercedes Rubio, and Maria-Dolors Piulachs
3. Insect Transposable Elements
Zhijian Tu
4. Transposable Elements for Insect Transformation
Alfred M. Handler and David A. O'Brochta
5. Cuticular Proteins
Judith H. Willis, Nikos C. Papandreou, Vassiliki A. Iconomidou, Stavros J. Hamodrakas,
6. Cuticular sclerotization and tanning
Svend Olaf Andersen
7. Chitin Metabolism in Insects
Subbaratnam Muthukrishnan, Hans Merzendorfer, Yasuyuki Arakane, and Karl J. Kramer
8. Insect CYP genes and P450 enzymes
Rene Feyereisen
9. Lipid Transport
D J Van der Horst and R O Ryan
10. Insect Proteases
Michael R. Kanost and Rollie J. Clem
11. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Digestion
W R Terra and C Ferreira
12. Programmed Cell Death in Insects
Susan E. Fahrbach, John R. Nambu, and Lawrence M. Schwartz
13. Regulation of Insect Development by TGF-# Signaling
Philip A. Jensen
14. Insect Immunology
J W Park and B L Lee
15. Molecular and Neural Control of Insect Circadian Rhythms
Yong Zhang and Patrick Emery
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