زیست‌شناسی مولکولی و بیوشیمی حشرات ۲۰۱۱
Insect Molecular Biology and Biochemistry 2011

1. Cover image

2. Table of Contents

3. Front Matter

4. Copyright

5. Preface

6. Contributors

1. Insect Genomics

2. Insect MicroRNAs

3. Insect Transposable Elements

3.1. Introduction

3.2. Classification and Transposition Mechanisms of Eukaryotic Transposable Elements

3.3. Methods to Uncover and Characterize Insect TEs

3.4. Diversity and Characteristics of Insect TEs

3.5. Search for Active TEs in Insect Genomes

3.6. Evolution of Insect TEs

3.7. TEs in Insect Populations

3.8. Impact of TEs in Insects

3.9. Applications of Insect TEs

3.10. Summary

4. Transposable Elements for Insect Transformation

4.1. Introduction

4.2. P Element Transformation

4.3. Excision and Transposition Assays for Vector Mobility

4.4. Transformation Marker Systems

4.5. Transposon Vectors

4.6. Transformation Methodology

4.7. Summary

5. Cuticular Proteins

6. Cuticular Sclerotization and Tanning

7. Chitin Metabolism in Insects

7.1. Introduction

7.3. Chitin Synthesis

7.4. Chitin Degradation and Modification

7.5. Chitin-Binding Proteins

7.6. Chitin-Organizing Proteins

7.7. Hormonal Regulation of Chitin Metabolism

7.8. Chitin Metabolism and Insect Control

7.9. Future Studies and Concluding Remarks

8. Insect CYP Genes and P450 Enzymes

8.1. Introduction

8.2. Diversity and Evolution of Insect CYP Genes

8.3. P450 Enzymes

8.4. P450 Functions

8.5. Regulation of P450 Gene Expression

8.6. Working with Insect P450 Enzymes

8.7. Conclusion and Prospects

9. Lipid Transport

10. Insect Proteases

11. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Digestion

11.1. Introduction

11.2. Overview of the Digestive Process

11.3. Midgut Conditions Affecting Enzyme Activity

11.4. Digestion of Carbohydrates

11.5. Digestion of Proteins

11.6. Digestion of Lipids and Phosphates

11.7. Microvillar Membranes

11.8. The Peritrophic Membrane

11.9. Organization of the Digestive Process

11.9.2.9. Lepidoptera

11.10. Digestive Enzyme Secretion Mechanisms

11.11. Concluding Remarks

12. Programmed Cell Death in Insects

12.1. Introduction

12.2. PCD, Apoptosis, Autophagy, or Necrosis?

12.3. Historical Overview and Current Trends

12.4. The Manduca Model

12.5. The Drosophila Model

12.6. Insights from Other Tissues

12.7. Summary and Conclusions

13. Regulation of Insect Development by TGF-β Signaling

14. Insect Immunology

15. Molecular and Neural Control of Insect Circadian Rhythms

15.1. Introduction

15.2. The Drosophila Circadian Pacemaker

15.3. Input Pathways to the Drosophila Circadian Pacemaker

15.4. Neural Control of Drosophila Circadian Behavior

15.4.1. Anatomy of the Drosophila Circadian Neural Circuit

15.5. Control of Circadian Rhythms in Non-Drosophilid Insects

15.6. Conclusions

80. Index