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Target Receptors in the Control of Insect Pests. Part II /

This volume of Advances in Insect Physiology contains comprehensive interdisciplinary reviews on basic and practical aspects relevant to major target receptors for crucial physiological functions and mechanisms in prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms, particularly insects. Chapters emphasize advance...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Cohen, Ephraim (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford [England] ; London [England] : Academic Press, 2014.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Advances in insect physiology ; Volume 46.
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  • Front Cover; Target Receptors in the Control of Insect Pests: Part II; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter One: ABC Transporters and Their Role in Protecting Insects from Pesticides and Their Metabolites; 1. Introduction; 2. Structural Insights into the Mode of Action of ABC Transporters; 3. Evolution of ABC Transporters in Insects; 3.1. ABCA genes; 3.2. ABCB genes; 3.3. ABCC genes; 3.4. ABCD genes; 3.5. ABCE and ABCF genes; 3.6. ABCG and ABGH genes; 4. Physiological Functions and Metabolic Substrates in Insects; 4.1. ABC transporters that determine eye colouring
  • 4.2. ABCG-dependent transport in Malpighian tubules4.3. Transport of uric acid into granules of the epidermis; 4.4. Modulation of ecdysone responses by an ABCG transporter; 4.5. Export of chemoattractants; 5. Elimination of PSMs; 6. ABC Transporters and Insecticide Resistance; 6.1. MRPs in D. melanogaster; 6.2. The role of ABC transporters in insecticide resistance of lepidopteran insects; 6.3. ABC genes and insecticide resistance in mosquitoes; 6.4. ABC-related resistance in other arthropod species; 6.5. Resistance to Bt Cry1Ac toxin