Yellow Biotechnology I Insect Biotechnologie in Drug Discovery and Preclinical Research /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Vilcinskas, Andreas (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology, 135
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Biotechnology.; Applied ecology.; Biomedical engineering.; Applied Ecology.; Biomedical Engineering.

Yan Wang, De-Dong Li, Yuan-Ying Jiang and Eleftherios Mylonakis Utility of Insects for Studying Human Pathogens and Evaluating New Antimicrobial Agents Krishnendu Mukherjee, Ramya Raju, Rainer Fischer and Andreas Vilcinskas Galleria Mellonella as a Model Host to Study Gut Microbe Homeostasis and Bra...

Table of Contents:

• Utility of Insects for Studying Human Pathogens and Evaluating New Antimicrobial Agents
• Galleria Mellonella as a Model Host to Study Gut Microbe Homeostasis and Brain Infection by the Human Pathogen Listeria Monocytogenes
• Drosophila as a Model to Study Metabolic Disorders
• The Fruit Fly Drosophila melanogaster as a Model for Aging Research
• Drosophila and the Hallmarks of Cancer
• The red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum as a model to monitor food safety and functionality
• Identification and Bioanalysis of Natural Products from Insect Symbionts and Pathogens
• Antiparasitic Peptides.