The impact of chemistry on biotechnology : multidisciplinary discussions : developed from a symposium sponsored by the Biotechnology Secretariat at the 192nd Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Anaheim, California, September 7-12, 1986 /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: American Chemical Society. Biotechnology Secretariat, American Chemical Society. Meeting
Other Authors: Phillips, Marshall
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : American Chemical Society, 1988.
Series:ACS symposium series ; 362.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The role of chemistry / Leroy Hood
  • Impact of biotechnology on the chemical industry / Jonathan J. MacQuitty
  • Evolution and future of biotechnology / Paul Schimmel
  • Introduction to microbial and biochemical technology / Sharon P. Shoemaker and Randall W. Swartz
  • Computer-aided design of a biochemical process / C.L. Cooney, D. Petrides, M. Barrera, and L. Evans
  • Bioconversion of cellulosic material to short-chain acids / A.A. Antonopoulos and E.G. Wene
  • Scale-up of bioseparations for microbial and biochemical technology / Michael R. Ladisch and Phillip C. Wankat
  • Mammalian cells as factories / Randall W. Swartz
  • Polymers in biotechnology / Raphael M. Ottenbrite
  • Polymers in biological systems / Raphael M. Ottenbrite
  • Polymer chemistry and liposome technology / David A. Tirrell
  • Consideration of proteins and peptides produced by new technology for use as therapeutic agents / Darrell T. Liu, Neil Goldman, and Frederick Gates, III
  • Analytical challenges in biotechnology / John B. Landis
  • Applications of optical spectroscopy to protein conformational transitions / Henry A. Havel
  • Sensitive detection and quantitation of protein contaminants in rDNA products / Andrew J.S. Jones
  • Agrochemistry : an introduction / James N. Seiber
  • Bacillus thuringiensis biological insecticide and biotechnology / T.R. Shieh
  • Pesticide immunoassay as a biotechnology / P.Y.K. Cheung, S.J. Gee, and B.D. Hammock
  • Enzymatic processes for pheromone synthesis / Philip E. Sonnet
  • Microbial production of avermectin / Prakash S. Masurekar
  • The role of biotechnology in agricultural and food chemistry / Donald W. De Jong and Marshall Phillips
  • Genetics of symbiotic nitrogen fixation / Gary Stacey
  • Genetic engineering of nuclear-encoded components of the photosynthetic apparatus in Arabidopsis / Michael P. Timko, Lydia Herdies, Eleonor de Almeida, Anthony R. Cashmore, Jan Leemans, and Enno Krebbers
  • Application of biotechnology to improvement of plant food properties : role of competing strategies and impediments to progress / T.J. Orton and A.A. Reilley
  • Biotechnology in livestock production / David E. Reed
  • Biotechnology for agriculture and food in the future / Ralph W.F. Hardy
  • Commercial biotechnology : an overview / Peter Hall
  • Selected applications of bioprocesses for chemicals : acrylamide, vitamin C, and phenylalanine / Jerry L. Jones, W.S. Fong, P. Hall, and S. Cometta
  • New diagnostic tools from biotechnology / Martin Nash
  • Creating value with agricultural biotechnology : developing world applications / Peter S. Carlson
  • Biotechnology information : an introduction / Ronald A. Rader
  • Status of the infrastructure of information resources supporting U.S. biotechnology / Ronald A. Rader
  • Information resources and the assessment of risk for modern biotechnology / Mark C. Segal.