Short views on insect genomics and proteomics : insect proteomics. Vol. 2 /

Short views on insect genomics and proteomics : insect proteomics. Vol. 2 /

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Imprint:	Cham : Springer, [2015] ©2016
Description:	1 online resource (xxiii, 251 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Language:	English
Series:	Entomology in focus, 2405-853X ; volume 4 Entomology in focus ; volume 4.
Subject:	Insects -- Genetics. Genomics. Proteomics. Genomics. Insects -- Genetics. Proteomics. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11251454

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Other authors / contributors:	Raman, Chandrasekar, editor. Goldsmith, Marian R., editor. Agunbiade, Tolulope A., editor.
ISBN:	9783319242446 331924244X 3319242423 9783319242422 3319242334 3319242350
Notes:	Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 21, 2015).
Summary:	Volume 2 comprises 10 chapters emphasizing proteomics and other "omics" approaches for gaining fundamental knowledge of ticks, malaria mosquitoes, caterpillar larvae, spiders, and other arthropods, and practical applications for the specialized substances they produce. Included are comprehensive reviews of the tick salivary gland proteome, the lepidopteran larval peritrophic matrix, and circadian changes in the malaria mosquito proteome, the biochemistry of insect cold adaptation, and the evolutionary loss of selenocysteine from insect lineages. Surveyed are antimicrobial peptides for medical therapeutics, advanced insect systems for expressing biologically active proteins, properties and uses for spider silks, and novel nano-insecticides from bio-active plant extracts. The editors have assembled top-quality scientists from diverse fields of insect genomics, proteomics and biotechnology to produce a major new work. The chapters of this series (Volumes 1 & 2) present many experts' contributions, providing a concise overview of recent advances by highlighting their current research. The chapters are accessible to wide audience, helping students, postdocs, and researchers to broaden their knowledge and gain an understanding of the challenges and opportunities in each field. Emphasis is on innovative effective and ecologically sound approaches based on the knowledge of insect science to improve public health and agriculture.
Other form:	Print version: 9783319242422
Standard no.:	10.1007/978-3-319-24244-6

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Summary:	Entomology is a super science, embracing interdisciplinary approaches in genomics, proteomics, and interdependent fields of biochemistry, physiology, molecular entomology, and biotechnology. An urgent need to manage available resources for the benefit of the planet and humankind has led to remarkable progress since publication of the fruit fly genome in 2000. "Short Views on Insect Genomics and Proteomics" presents multiple perspectives of recognized experts from around the world in genomics, bioinformatics, molecular biology, biochemistry, physiology, and immunology, emphasizing fast-moving areas of current research on insects and other arthropods. Concise, accessible, topical reviews include body lice and white fly genome projects, aphid phenotypic plasticity, insect regulatory genomics, the complex tick sialome, protein expression systems, therapeutic potential of insect antimicrobial peptides, nanoparticle insecticides, and novel uses for recombinant and synthetic spider silks.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xxiii, 251 pages) : illustrations (some color)
ISBN:	9783319242446 331924244X 3319242423 9783319242422 3319242334 3319242350
ISSN:	2405-853X ;