Insect Pharmacology
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Insect Pharmacology

Channels, Receptors, Toxins and Enzymes

  1. 392 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Insect Pharmacology

Channels, Receptors, Toxins and Enzymes

About this book

The publication of the extensive 7-volume work Comprehensive Molecular Insect Science provided library customers and their end-users with a complete reference encompassing important developments and achievements in modern insect science, including reviews on the ecdysone receptor, lipocalins, and bacterial toxins. One of the most popular areas in entomology is pharmacology, and this derivative work, Insect Pharmacology, taps into a previously unapproached market – the end user who desires to purchase a comprehensive yet affordable work on important aspects of this topic. Contents will include timeless articles covering sodium channels, spider toxins and their potential for insect control, insect transformation for use in control, amino acid and neurotransmitter transporters, and more. New summaries for each chapter will give an overview of developments in the related article since its original publication.- Articles selected by the known and respected editor-in-chief and co-editor of the original MRW- The articles are classic reviews offering broad coverage of essential topics in pharmacology, with special addenda including author notes on the chapter since its original publication- Introduction by the editor puts the selected body of work in context for this volume, highlighting the need for entomologists, pharmacologists and related researchers to have these reviews in their personal collection

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Insect Pharmacology
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Contributors
  7. Chapter 1 Sodium Channels
  8. Chapter A1 Addendum: Recent Progress in Insect Sodium Channel Research
  9. Chapter 2 GABA Receptors of Insects
  10. Chapter A2 Addendum: Recent Progress in Insect GABA Receptors
  11. Chapter 3 The Insecticidal Macrocyclic Lactones
  12. Chapter A3 Addendum: The Insecticidal Macrocyclic Lactones
  13. Chapter 4 Spider Toxins and their Potential for Insect Control
  14. Chapter A4 Addendum: Spider Toxins and Their Potential for Insect Control
  15. Chapter 5 Baculoviruses: Biology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology
  16. Chapter A5 Addendum: Baculoviruses: Biology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology
  17. Chapter 6 Amino Acid and Neurotransmitter Transporters
  18. Chapter A6 Addendum: Amino Acid and Neurotransmitter Transporters
  19. Chapter 7 Biochemical Genetics and Genomics of Insect Esterases
  20. Chapter A7 Addendum: New Genomic Perspectives on Insect Esterases and Insecticide Resistance
  21. Chapter 8 Glutathione Transferases
  22. Chapter A8 Addendum: Glutathione Transferases
  23. Chapter 9 Insect G Protein-Coupled Receptors: Recent Discoveries and Implications
  24. Chapter A9 Addendum: Insect G Protein-Coupled Receptors
  25. Subject Index