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Insect cell culture vis-à-vis insect pest control
BackgroundInsect pests are a major cause for losses in agricultural systems, and it is reported that they alone cause up to 45% loss in annual food...
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Membrane Protein Production in Insect Cells
Membrane proteins are an essential part of the machinery of life. They connect the interior and exterior of cells, play an important role in cell...
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Random Integration Analysis of Recombinant Adeno-Associated Virus 6 Packaged in Sf9 Insect Cells
AbstractRecently, there have been growing concerns over the integration of recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) used in gene therapy. Wild-type...
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Recent Advances in Insect Biotechnology
Insect biotechnology is the use of insects and their derivatives for agriculture, industrial and human welfare. Biotechnological tools apply to...
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Improved cryopreservation media formulation reduces costs of maintenance while preserving function of genetically modified insect cells
Insect cell lines are an invaluable resource that facilitate various fundamental and applied research programs. Genetically engineered insect cell...
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Insect Metagenomics
Through this chapter, you will come to know about insect gut metagenomics and how it is helpful for the insect to flourish whatever the condition may...
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Insect Ecology
Insect ecology is the study of how insects interact with the environment. The environment consists of both physical characteristics (abiotic) and...
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Insect Therapists
Insects are ubiquitous in almost all ecosystems of the world. They possess astounding diversity as well as numbers, indicating the evolution of...
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Exploring the molecular makeup of support cells in insect camera eyes
Animals typically have either compound eyes, or camera-type eyes, both of which have evolved repeatedly in the animal kingdom. Both eye types include...
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Future Prospects of Insect Biotechnology
This chapter emphasizes on future trends of insect biotechnology in protein vaccines production, future crop protection, pest management approaches,...
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Forest Insect—Plant Interactions
Insects and plants dominate terrestrial ecosystems in terms of both species numbers and biomass. Ecological relationships between insects and plants...
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Host Plant Resistance to Insect Pests in Maize
Maize, a potential global crop is attacked by a wide array of insect pests. Among them, spotted stem borer, pink stem borer, fall armyworm, and shoot...
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Wheat Insect Pests
Wheat is a very important cereal plant that has been serving the nutrition of human beings for about 10,000 years and has become a strategic product...
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The immunotoxicity of ten insecticides against insect hemocyte cells in vitro
Hemocytes in the hemolymph of insects perform innate immunity, but systematic studies to compare immunotoxicity of pesticides on hemocytes are still...
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Introduction and History of Insect Biotechnology
Insects are the most successful organisms on earth in terms of their diversity and adaptability. Insect biotechnology or yellow biotechnology using...
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Geographical patterns and determinants of insect biodiversity in China
Insects play important roles in the maintenance of ecosystem functioning and the provision of livelihoods for millions of people. However, compared...
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Regulation of insect behavior by non-coding RNAs
The adaptation of insects to environments relies on a sophisticated set of behaviors controlled by molecular and physiological processes. Over the...
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Purification and Characterization of Human DNA Ligase IIIα Complexes After Expression in Insect Cells
With improvements in biophysical approaches, there is growing interest in characterizing large, flexible multi-protein complexes. The use of...
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A new continuous cell line from the pest insect, Anomala cuprea (Coleoptera; Scarabaeidae): emergence of contractile cells
Insect contractile cells frequently appear at an early phase of cell culture, but in most cases, they disappear before a continuous cell line is...
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The mRNA surveillance factor Pelo restricts rice virus propagation in insect vectors and host plants
Many devastating plant viruses are transmitted by insect vectors among plant hosts in a persistent-propagative manner. Pelota (Pelo) is an...
