 Biotechnology of Biopolymers: From Synthesis to Patents, 2 Volumes
ISBN: 978-3-527-31110-1
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1200 pages
January 2005
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Preface.
I. Lignin and Coal.
1. Synthesis of Lignin in Transgenic and Mutant Plants (Jeffrey F.D. Dean).
2. Biotechnological Applications of Lignin-Degrading Fungi (White_Rot Fungi) (Gary M. Scott, Masood Akhtar).
3. Biotechnological Conversion of Coals into Upgraded Products (Horst Meyrahn, Alexander. Steinbüchel).
II. Polyisoprenoids.
4. Biochemistry of Natural Rubber and Structure of Latex (Dhirayos Wititsuwannakul; Rapepun Wititsuwannakul).
5. Biotechnological Processes for Recycling of Rubber Products (Katarina Bredberg, Magdalena Christiansson, Bengt Stenberg, Olle Holst).
6. Biotechnological Processes for Desulfurization of Rubber Products (Katarina Bredberg, Magdalena Christiansson, Bengt Stenberg, Olle Holst).
III. Polyesters.
7. Metabolic Pathways and Engineering of PHA Biosynthesis (Kazunori Taguchi, Seiichi Taguchi, Kumar Sudesh, Akira Maehara, Takeharu Tsuge, Yoshiharu Doi).
8. Metabolic Flux Analysis on the Production of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (Sang Yup Lee, Soon Ho Hong, Si Jae Park, Richard van Wegen, Anton P.J. Middelberg).
9. Fermentative Production of Short-chain-length-PHAs (Sang Yup Lee, Si Jae Park).
10. Fermentative Production of Medium-chain-length Poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) (Ruud A. Weusthuis, Birgit Kessler, Marcia P.M. Dielissen, Berbard Witholt, Gerrit Eggink).
11. Biosynthesis and Fermentative Production of Short-chain-length Medium-chain-length-PHAs (Sang Yup Lee, Si Jae Park).
12. Production of Polyhydroxyalkanoates in Transgenic Plants (Yves Poirier, Kenneth J. Gruys).
13. Fermentative Production of Building Blocks for Chemical Synthesis of Polyesters (Sang Yup Lee, Sang Hyun Park, Soon Ho Hong, Young Lee, Seung Hwan Lee).
IV. Polysaccharides.
14. Bacterial Cellulose (Stanislaw Bielecki, Alina Krystynowicz, Marianna Turkiewicz, Halina Kalinowska).
15. Bioemulsans: Surface-active Polysaccharide-containing Complexes (Eugene Rosenberg, Eliora Z. Ron).
16. Curdlan (In-Young Lee).
17. Succinoglycan (Miroslav Stredansky).
18. Alginates from Bacteria (Bernd H.A. Rehm).
19. Xanthan (Karin Born, Virginie Langendorff, Patrick Boulenguer).
20. Dextran (Timothy D. Leathers).
21. Levan (Sang-Ki Rhee, Ki-Bang Song, Chul-Ho Kim, Buem-Seek Park, Eun-Kyung Jang, Ki-Hyo Jang).
22. Hyaluronan (Peter Prehm).
23. Exopolysaccharides of Lactic Acid Bacteria (Isabel Hallemeersch, Sophie De Baets, Erick J. Vandamme).
24. Scleroglucan (Ioannis Giavasis, Linda M. Harvey, Brian McNeil).
25. Schizophyllan (Udo Rau).
26. Alginates from Algae (Kurt Ingar Draget, Olav Smidsrød, Gudmund Skjåk-Bræk).
Volume 2: Polyamides, Complex Proteinaceous Materials, Miscellaneous Polymers and General Aspects.
V. Polyamides and Complex Proteinaceous Materials.
27. Cyanophycin (Fred Bernd Oppermann-Sanio, Alexander Steinbüchel).
28. Poly-gamma-glutamic Acid (Makoto Ashiuchi, Haruo Misono).
29. Modifications of Proteins and Poly (amino acids) by Enzymatic and Chemical Methods (Kousaku Ohkawa, Hiroyuki Yamamoto).
30. Biology and Technology of Silk Production (Fritz Vollrath, David Knight).
31. Fibrous proteins from Recombinant Microorganisms (Stephen R. Fahnestock).
32. Spider Silk Proteins from Transgenic Plants (Jürgen. Scheller, Udo Conrad).
33. High-toughness Spider Silk Fibers Spun from Soluble Recombinant Silk Produced in Mammalian Cells (Costas N. Karatzas, Nathalie Cretien, François Duguay, Annie Bellemare, Jiang Feng Zhou, Andrew Rodenhiser, Shafiul A. Islam, Carl Turcotte, Yue Huang, Anthoula Lazaris).
34. Structure, Function, and Evolution of Vicilin and Legumin Seed Storage Proteins (James Martin Dunwell).
35. Role of Nucleic Acid and Protein Manipulation Technologies in High-troughput Structural Biology Efforts (David J. Aceti, Paul G. Blommel, Yaeta Endo, Brian G. Fox, Ronnie O. Frederick, Adrian D. Hegeman, Won Bae Jeon, Todd L. Kimball, Jason M. Lee, Craig S. Newman, Francis C. Peterson, Tatsuya Sawasaki, Kory D. Seder, Michael R. Sussman, Eldon L. Ulrich, Russell L. Wrobel, Sandy Thao, Dmitriy A. Vinarov, Brian F. Volkman, Qin Zhao).
VI. Miscellaneous Polymers and General Aspects.
36. Inorganic Polyphosphates (Gerard J.J. Kortstee, Mark C.M. van Loodsrecht).
37. Polythioesters (Tina Lütke-Eversloh, Alexander Steinbüchel).
38. Biotechnological Processes for the Production of Monomers for Subsequent Chemical Polymer Synthesis (Sang Yup Lee, Si Jae Park, Young Lee, Seung Hwan Lee)
Economic Aspects of Biopolymer Production (Sang Yup Lee, Si Jae Park, Jong Pil Park, Young Lee, Seung Hwan Lee).
40. Index.
