Insect Biotechnology (Record no. 109056)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9789048196418
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024 7# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER
Standard number or code 10.1007/978-90-481-9641-8
Source of number or code doi
050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number QL461-599.82
072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE
Subject category code PSVT7
Source bicssc
072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE
Subject category code SCI025000
Source bisacsh
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 595.7
Edition number 23
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Vilcinskas, Andreas.
Relator term editor.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Insect Biotechnology
Medium [electronic resource] /
Statement of responsibility, etc edited by Andreas Vilcinskas.
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-- Dordrecht :
-- Springer Netherlands,
-- 2011.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent XII, 268 p.
Other physical details online resource.
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490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Biologically-Inspired Systems ;
Volume number/sequential designation 2
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Summary, etc Insects have plagued humanity throughout history both as competitors in human nutrition and as vectors of diseases such as plague and malaria. On the other hand, beneficial insects are economically important both as allies in biological control of pest or vector insect species and as pollinators. Insects are by far the most diverse group of organisms on earth. Their evolutionary success regarding species diversity can be expanded to include a tremendous repertoire of bioactive molecules. Powered by the rapid development of techniques and tools in molecular biology a treasure hunt has begun in exploring applications of new insect-derived peptides and enzymes as leads for novel therapeutic drugs, as transgenes to engineer disease-resistant crops or as catalysts of industrial processes. The run in identification of novel insect genes can be expanded beyond those encoding bioactive molecules to include targets for selective control measures in plant protection. Past decade has witnessed the complete sequencing of genomes from beneficial (bee Apis mellifera or the silk moth Bombyx mori) as well as from vector (mosquito Anopheles gambiae) or pest insects (the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum or the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum). Entering the postgenomic era these insects have become important models in applied sciences while others such as the greater wax moth Galleria mellonella are being developed as alternative model hosts for human pathogens to replace ethically debatable and expensive mammalian hosts. In addition, insect derived cell lines prosper as expression systems for vaccines and other peptides or proteins. The rapid and multifaceted developments in applying insect-derived molecules or cells in the red, green or white biotechnology can be summarized under term Insect Biotechnology. This book provides for the first time a comprehensive overview about this prospering research field with considerable economic potential.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Life sciences.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Medicine.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Biotechnology.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Plant diseases.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Entomology.
650 14 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Life Sciences.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Entomology.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Biotechnology.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Biomedicine general.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Plant Pathology.
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Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element SpringerLink (Online service)
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Title Springer eBooks
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Display text Printed edition:
International Standard Book Number 9789048196401
830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Biologically-Inspired Systems ;
Volume number/sequential designation 2
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Uniform Resource Identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9641-8
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