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Molecular Insect Science

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  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. H. H. Hagedorn

    1. Center for Insect Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

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  2. J. G. Hildebrand

    1. Center for Insect Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

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  3. M. G. Kidwell

    1. Center for Insect Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

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  4. J. H. Law

    1. Center for Insect Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

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Table of contents (31 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Genome Characterization

    1. Molecular Characterization and Genome Manipulation of the Mosquito, Aedes aegypti

      • Julian M. Crampton, Alison Morris, Gareth Lycett, Ann Warren, Paul Eggleston
      Pages 1-11

    2. Genetic Linkage Mapping with Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms in the Tobacco Budworm, Heliothis virescens

      • C. A. Zraket, J. L. Barth, D. G. Heckel, A. G. Abbott
      Pages 13-20

  3. Gene Isolation, Characterization and Regulation

    1. Homeotic Genes of the Red Flour Beetle, Tribolium castaneum

      • R. W. Beeman, S. J. Brown, J. J. Stuart, R. E. Denell
      Pages 21-29

    2. Molecular Biology Of Cholinergic Synapses in Insects

      • H. Breer
      Pages 31-39

    3. Isolation, Characterization and Progress in Cloning of Cyclodiene Insecticide Resistance in Drosophila melanogaster

      • R. H. ffrench-Constant, R. T. Roush, R. J. MacIntyre
      Pages 41-48

    4. Cloning, Expression and Biological Activity of the Juvenile Hormone Esterase from Heliothis virescens

      • B. Hammock, V. Wroblewski, L. Harshman, T. Hanzlik, S. Maeda, M. Philpott et al.
      Pages 49-56

    5. Cloning and Characterisation of a Mosquito Acetylcholinesterase Gene

      • Colin A. Malcolm, Lucinda M. C. Hall
      Pages 57-65

    6. The Cloning and Expression in Xenopus laevis Oocytes of an Insect Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor α-Subunit

      • John Marshal, Eric A. Barnard, David B. Sattelle
      Pages 67-75

    7. Molecular Aspects of Juvenile Hormone Reception and Action

      • Lynn M. Riddiford, Subba Reddy Palli
      Pages 77-81

    8. Developmental Regulation of Silk Gene Expression in Bombyx mori

      • Yoshiaki Suzuki, Shigeharu Takiya, Toshiharu Suzuki, Chi-chung Hui, Kenji Matsuno, Masakazu Fukuta et al.
      Pages 83-89

    9. Regulating Genes for Metamorphosis: Concepts and Results

      • Judith H. Willis
      Pages 91-98

  4. Insect-Virus Interactions

    1. The Integration of the Genome of a Segmented DNA Virus in the Host Insect’s Genome

      • Jo-Ann G. W. Fleming, Max D. Summers
      Pages 99-105

    2. Identification and Characterization of a Baculovirus Ecdysteroid UDP-Glucosyl Transferase Gene

      • David R. O’Reilly
      Pages 107-112

    3. The Development and Release of Genetically Engineered Viral Insecticides: A Progress Report 1986–1989

      • Robert D. Possee, Alison T. Merryweather, Ulrike Weyer, Mark P. G. Harris, M. Hirst, David H. L. Bishop
      Pages 113-123

  5. Proteins of the Hemolymph

    1. Biochemical and Molecular Characterization of Transferrin from Manduca sexta

      • Neil S. Bartfeld, John H. Law
      Pages 125-130

    2. Receptor-Mediated Endocytosis of Insect Yolk Proteins

      • Hans-Joerg Ferenz
      Pages 131-138

    3. Serine Protease Inhibitors from the Serpin Gene Family in Manduca sexta and Drosophila melanogaster

      • Michael R. Kanost
      Pages 139-146

    4. Biosynthesis and Endocytosis of Yolk Proteins in the Mosquito

      • Alexander S. Raikhel, Tarlochan S. Dhadialla, Wen-Long Cho, Alan R. Hays, C. Noah Koller
      Pages 147-154

    5. Molecular Properties, Functions and Developmentally Regulated Biosynthesis of Arylphorin in Calliphora vicina

      • Klaus Scheller, Beate Fischer, Heide Schenkel
      Pages 155-162
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This volume contains the scientific papers and abstracts of posters presented at the International Symposium on Molecular Insect Science held in Tucson, Arizona, October 22-27, 1989. This meeting was organized by the Center for Insect Science at the University of Arizona in response to the growing need for a forum dedicated to the impact of modern biology on insect science. While scientific studies of a few insects, notably Drosophila melanogaster, have always had a central role in the development of biology, it is only recently that tools have become available to extend these studies to other insects, including those having economic and medical importance. The Tucson meeting was evidence of how far we have come in extending modern biological tools to the study of insects. It is also evident from the contents of this book that the study of insects is making an increasingly important contribution to the advancement of biology generally. Given the large impact of insects on human life, such a development has considerable importance for human welfare, and of the welfare of the ecosystem as a whole. It should be noted that several of the participants who presented posters were invited to prepare full length papers to ensure that the book covered the major areas of insect science. The financial support of the National Science Foundation and the Monsanto Corporation is gratefully acknowledged. Thanks are also due to Sharon Richards for her dedicated work on the manuscripts. Henry H.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Center for Insect Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

    H. H. Hagedorn, J. G. Hildebrand, M. G. Kidwell, J. H. Law

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