Invertebrate Cell Culture

Novel Directions and Biotechnology Applications

• Author(s): Karl Maramorosch, Jun Mitsuhashi,
• Publisher: Science Publishers
• Pages: 296
• ISBN_10: 1578080118
  ISBN_13: 9781578080113
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Science / Biotechnology , Science / Life Sciences / Cell Biology , Science / Life Sciences / Anatomy & Physiology ,

Description:... This text aims to provide readers with a balanced cross-section of current developments within the research on invertebrate cell culture. Attention is focused on such topics as: the biochemistry and physiology of cultured invertebrate cells; aspects of virus infection; novel cultivation methods; assays of viruses affecting shrimp and insect cells; engineering of invertebrate cells for the production of baculovirus pesticides; application of microgravity to in vitro cell cultivation; and other aspects of biotechnology. The large body of information brings into focus the significant recent achievements in the laboratories of Africa, America, Europe and Asia.