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Insect immunology /

In the last decade parallel computing has been put forward as the only computational answer to the increasing computational needs arising from very large and complex fluid dynamic problems. Considerable efforts are being made to use parallel computers efficiently to solve several fluid dynamic probl...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Beckage, N. E. (Nancy E.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Burlington : Elsevier, 2007.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • FRONT COVER; INSECT IMMUNOLOGY; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CHAPTER 1 INSECT AND VERTEBRATE IMMUNITY: KEY SIMILARITIES VERSUS DIFFERENCES; CHAPTER 2 INSECT HEMOCYTES AND THEIR ROLE IN IMMUNITY; CHAPTER 3 EICOSANOID ACTIONS IN INSECT IMMUNOLOGY; CHAPTER 4 PHENOLOXIDASES IN INSECT IMMUNITY; CHAPTER 5 EVIDENCE FOR SPECIFICITY AND MEMORY IN THE INSECT INNATE IMMUNE RESPONSE; CHAPTER 6 BIDIRECTIONAL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE IMMUNE SYSTEM AND THE NERVOUS SYSTEM IN INSECTS; CHAPTER 7 BLOODFEEDING AS AN INTERFACE OF MAMMALIAN AND ARTHROPOD IMMUNITY.
  • CHAPTER 8 MOSQUITO IMMUNITY TO THE MALARIA PARASITECHAPTER 9 INSECT IMMUNITY TO VIRUSES; CHAPTER 10 PARASITOID POLYDNAVIRUSES AND INSECT IMMUNITY; CHAPTER 11 INSECT IMMUNE RECOGNITION AND SUPPRESSION; CHAPTER 12 RNAi AND THE INSECT IMMUNE SYSTEM; CHAPTER 13 EPILOGUE: PATHWAYS INTO THE FUTURE OF INSECT IMMUNOLOGY; INDEX; COLOR PLATES.