Extracellular Composite Matrices in Arthropods

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Skeletal Matrices

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Genes of Cuticular Proteins and Their Regulation

      • Hideki Kawasaki

      Pages 3-30

   3. Chitin Metabolic Pathways in Insects and Their Regulation

      • Subbaratnam Muthukrishnan, Hans Merzendorfer, Yasuyuki Arakane, Qing Yang

      Pages 31-65

   4. Molecular Model of Skeletal Organization and Differentiation

      • Bernard Moussian

      Pages 67-87

   5. Resilin – The Pliant Protein

      • Jan Michels, Esther Appel, Stanislav N. Gorb

      Pages 89-136

   6. The Mineralized Exoskeletons of Crustaceans

      • Shmuel Bentov, Shai Abehsera, Amir Sagi

      Pages 137-163

   7. Tyrosine Metabolism for Insect Cuticle Pigmentation and Sclerotization

      • Yasuyuki Arakane, Mi Young Noh, Tsunaki Asano, Karl J. Kramer

      Pages 165-220

   8. Insect Hydrocarbons: Biochemistry and Chemical Ecology

      • Matthew D. Ginzel, Gary J. Blomquist

      Pages 221-252

3. Peritrophic Membranes and Eggshell Matrices

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 253-253

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   2. Peritrophic Matrices

      • Hans Merzendorfer, Marco Kelkenberg, Subbaratnam Muthukrishnan

      Pages 255-324

   3. Composite Eggshell Matrices: Chorionic Layers and Sub-chorionic Cuticular Envelopes

      • Gustavo L. Rezende, Helena Carolina Martins Vargas, Bernard Moussian, Ephraim Cohen

      Pages 325-366

4. Skeletal Components as Targets for Interference

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 367-367

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   2. Targeting Cuticular Components for Pest Management

      • Daniel Doucet, Arthur Retnakaran

      Pages 369-407

5. Glandular Secretions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 409-409

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   2. Nature and Functions of Glands and Ducts in the Drosophila Reproductive Tract

      • Frank W. Avila, Javier A. Sánchez-López, Jennifer L. McGlaughon, Sukirtha Raman, Mariana F. Wolfner, Yael Heifetz

      Pages 411-444

   3. Molecular and Structural Properties of Spider Silk

      • Taylor Crawford, Caroline Williams, Ryan Hekman, Simmone Dyrness, Alisa Arata, Craig Vierra

      Pages 445-487

   4. Spider Silk: Factors Affecting Mechanical Properties and Biomimetic Applications

      • Shichang Zhang, I-Min Tso

      Pages 489-513

   5. Insect Silks and Cocoons: Structural and Molecular Aspects

      • Kenji Yukuhiro, Hideki Sezutsu, Takuya Tsubota, Yoko Takasu, Tsunenori Kameda, Naoyuki Yonemura

      Pages 515-555

   6. The Complex Secretions of the Salivary Glands of Drosophila melanogaster, A Model System

      • Robert Farkaš

      Pages 557-600

Emphasis is placed on the elaborate cuticular matrices in insects and crustaceans, spider and insect silks, sialomes of phytophagous and blood-feeding arthropods as well as on secretions of male and female accessory glands. Focus is placed largely on insects, due to the extensive body of published research that in part is the result of available whole genome sequences of several model species (in particular Drosophila melanogaster) and accessible ESTs for other species. Such advances have facilitated fundamental insights into genomic, proteomic and molecular biology-based physiology. This new volume contains comprehensive contributions on extracellular composite matrices in arthropods. The building blocks of such matrices are formed in and secreted by single layered epithelial cells into exterior domains where their final assembly takes place.
Additionally, the unique mechanical properties of natural biocomposites like chitin/chitosan, the crustacean mineralized exoskeleton, the pliant protein resilin or insect and spider silks, have inspired basic and applied research that yield sophistical biomimetics and structural biocomposite hybrids important for future industrial and biomedical use. In summary, this book provides an invaluable vast source of basic and applied information for a plethora of scientists as well as textbook for graduate and advanced undergraduate students.

• Chitin
• Extracellular Matrix
• Insect Biology
• Drosophila accessory glands
• Salivary glands
• Entomology

• Department of Entomology, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel

  Ephraim Cohen

• Genetik der Tiere, Eberhard-Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

  Bernard Moussian

Prof. Ephraim Cohen is the Morris and Helen Mauerberger Chair in Agricultural Entomology Academic degrees and appointments: 1972 Lecturer -Tel Aviv University 2000-2003 Head Dept. of Entomology 2001 Chairperson of the Steering Committee for Biological and Chemical Residues in Animals and Animal Products, Ministry of Agriculture, Israel The Hebrew University: 1978 Senior Lecturer 1985 Associate Professor 1990 Professor 1986-1989 Head, Plant Protection Studies 2000 Head, Dept. of Entomology 2004 The Morris Helen Mauerberger Chair in Agricultural Entomology Research Associate at University of California, Berkeley, California (Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology Laboratory) 1977-1979; 1983-1984; 1989; 1994-1995. 1998-1999 University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia 2004-2005 University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

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