TY - BOOK ID - 14470406 TI - Insect immunology PY - 2008 SN - 1281111902 9786611111908 0080556337 0123739764 9780123739766 9780080556338 PB - Amsterdam Boston Academic Press DB - UniCat KW - Insects KW - Arthropoda KW - Immunology. KW - Arthropods KW - Hexapoda KW - Insecta KW - Pterygota KW - Bilateria KW - Invertebrates KW - Entomology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14470406 AB - This work is the first book-length publication on the topic of insect immunology since 1991, complementing earlier works by offering a fresh perspective on current research. Interactions of host immune systems with both parasites and pathogens are presented in detail, as well as the genomics and proteomics, approaches which have been lacking in other publications. Beckage provides comprehensive coverage of topics important to medical researchers, including Drosophila as a model for studying cellular and humoral immune mechanisms, biochemical mediators of immunity, and insect blood cells and th ER -