Invertebrate tissue culture : research applications ; [an United States-Japan seminar in Tokyo, Dec. 9-13, 1974

Invertebrate Tissue Culture: Research Applications covers the broad field and status of basic research in invertebrate tissue culture. This book particularly discusses invertebrate cell growth and differentiation, cloning of established cell lines, the breakthrough in molluscan tissue culture, and the establishment of the first snail line. It also highlights topics on invertebrate endocrinology and ecdysone biosynthesis in vitro. This text describes the identification of distinct juvenile hormones from corpora allata and the production of peptide neurohormones by cultured insect brains. Some chapters elucidate the use of Drosophila discs in vitro to study gene activity sites, as well as the applications of insect tissue culture to the study of intracellular parasites, symbionts, and arboviruses. Discussions on insect pathogenic viruses in insect cell lines, extraneous contaminants in invertebrate cell cultures, uses of invertebrate cells in plant pathology, and a description of invertebrate cell lines complete this volume. This reference will be valuable to microbiologists, parasitologists, virologists, entomologists, geneticists, and medical researchers working in the field and to graduate students in related fields of biomedical research. Content: Contributors , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv List of Contributors , Pages xi-xii Preface , Pages xiii-xiv , KARL MARAMOROSCH 1 - Agar Suspension Culture for the Cloning of Invertebrate Cells , Pages 3-12 , ARTHUR H. McINTOSH 2 - Establishment and Characterization of Cell Lines from the Pupal Ovaries of Papilio xuthus , Pages 13-38 , JUN MITSUHASHI 3 - Phenotypic Variations of Cell Lines from Cockroach Embryos , Pages 39-56 , TIMOTHY J. KURTTI 4 - Snail Tissue Culture: Current Development and Applications in Parasitology, An Introductory Statement , Pages 57-60 , DONALD HEYNEMAN 5 - Culture of Molluscan Organs: A Review , Pages 61-74 , CHRISTOPHER J. BAYNE 6 - A Cell Line from Embryos of Biomphalaria glabrata (Pulmonata): Establishment and Characteristics , Pages 75-99 , EDER L. HANSEN 7 - Biosynthesis of α-Ecdysone by Prothoracic Glands in Vitro , Pages 103-115 , HARUO CHINO 8 - The Uses of Cell and Organ Cultures in Insect Endocrinology , Pages 117-132 , EDWIN P. MARKS 9 - Attempts to Establish Insect Endocrine System in Vitro , Pages 133-160 , NORIAKI AGUI 10 - Characteristics of the Action of Ecdysones on Drosophila Imaginal Discs Cultured in Vitro , Pages 161-178 , JAMES W. FRISTROM, MARY ALICE YUND 11 - Applications of Insect Tissue Culture to an Elucidation of Parasite Transmission , Pages 181-199 , MARION A. BROOKS 12 - Arboviruses and Toxoplasma gondii in Diptera Cell Lines , Pages 201-232 , SONJA M. BUCKLEY 13 - Viral, Microbial, and Extrinsic Cell Contamination of Insect Cell Cultures , Pages 233-268 , HIROYUKI HIRUMI 14 - Fundamental Studies on Insect Icosahedral Cytoplasmic Deoxyribovirus in Continually Propagated Aedes aegypti Cells , Pages 269-293 , J.D. PASCHKE, S.R. WEBB 15 - The Production of Viruses for Insect Control in Large Scale Cultures of Insect Cells , Pages 295-303 , JAMES L. VAUGHN 16 - Plant Pathology Applications , Pages 305-316 , KARL MARAMOROSCH 17 - A Compilation of Invertebrate Cell Lines and Culture Media , Pages 319-369 , W. FRED HINK Index , Pages 371-393