Biopolymer, Volume 7: Polyamide and Protein Materials I

Author: (USA) Fahnestock.S.R, (Germany) Steinbacher
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Biopolymers not only synthesize in organisms but are also the multicomponent constituents of dry cell mass. This multi-volume book reviews the production and metabolism of biopolymers, in addition to covering their isolation and modification from living organisms, biotechnological and chemical synthesis, material properties, and their applications in various fields such as daily products, medicine, pharmaceutical industry, food industry, agriculture, textile industry, and packaging industry. It also prospects the future prospects of biopolymers. Volume 1 and Volume 8 describe polyamides and complex protein materials synthesized by bacteria and eukaryotes. Starting from their biosynthesis and degradation mechanisms both in vivo and in vitro, the book elaborates on the biosynthesis, isolation, metabolism, modification, production, and applications of these biopolymers. Volume 7 (i.e., this volume) includes research status and application prospects of phycocyanin, polyamino acids, cell membrane proteins, bacterial proteins, self-assembling proteins, cytoskeleton, motor proteins, enzyme preparations, proteasomes, and white synthetic materials. The readers of this book are mainly researchers, educators, and industry personnel engaged in biotechnology, polymer science, material engineering, and related fields.