Modern Biotechnology Panacea or new Pandora’s box? Johannes Tramper and Yang Zhu

Tables of Contents
Part One: Introduction - Modern Biotechnology: Panacea or new Pandora’s box?
1. Modern biotechnology: a blessing or a curse?
2. Modern biotechnology: food for discussion!
3. Genetically modified crops and the european union
Part Two: Our daily food and drink
4. Cheese: biotechnology through the ages
5. Biotechnology in the bakery: on the rise!
6. Wine: one of the oldest biotechnological products
7. Meat from the biotech vat
8. “Frankenfood”
Part Three: Health has limits
9. Antibiotics
10. Hormones: natural regulators
11. Gene therapy: a panacea for genetic abnormalities?
12. Xenotransplantation
13. The human genome project
14. Stem cell therapy: promising and controversial!
Part Four: Epilogue: Cassandra
15. Modern biotechnology: for better or for worse?
Index

Biochemical Engineering Fabian E. Dumont and Jack A. Sacco

Table of Contents
1. A Review of Biodiesel as Renewable Energy
John Chi-Wei Lan, Amy Tsui, Shaw S. Wang and Ho-Shing Wu
2. Enzymatic Synthesis of Acyl Ascorbate and Its Function as a Food Additive
Yoshiyuki Watanabe and Shuji Adachi
3. Application of a Natural Biopolymer Poly (γ-Glutamic Acid) as a Bioflocculant and Adsorbent for Cationic Dyes and Chemical Mutagens: An Overview
B. Stephen Inbaraj and B.H. Chen
4. Molecular Imprinted Polymers in Biomacromolecules Recognition
Jie Hu, Zhen Tao, Shunsheng Cao and Xinhua Yuan
5. Uncoupled Energy Metabolism for Sludge Reduction in the Activated Sludge Process
Bo Jiang, Yu Liu, Guanghao Chen and Etienne Paul
6. Membrane Technology in the Fishery Industry – A State of the Art
Wirote Youravong and Zhen-Yu Li
7. Amylase Production by Aspergillus Oryzae in Submerged and Solid State Fermentations
Nelson Pérez-Guerra, Lorenzo Pastrana-Castro and Renato Pérez-Rosés
8. Mammalian Cell Enclosing Capsules and Fiber Production in a Co-flowing Ambient Liquid Stream
Shinji Sakai and Koei Kawakami
9. Effect of Shear Stress on Wastewater Treatment Systems Performance
J.L. Campos, B. Arrojo, A. Franco, M. Belmonte, A. Mosquera-Corral, E. Roca and R. Méndez
10. The Role of Biofilm and Floc Structure in Biological Wastewater Treatment Modelling
Mario Plattes
11. Interaction of Cr (VI) with Green Microalgae Growth: A Comparative Study
M. Alzira P. Dinis, Vítor J.P. Vilar, Álvaro A.M.G. Monteiro, Rui A.R. Boaventura
12. Short-term Effects of Glucose Addition on Nitrification and Activated Sludge Settlement in Sequencing Batch Reactors
Guangxue Wu and Yuntao Guan
13. Acacia Caven (Mol.) Molina Pollen Proteases. Application to the Peptide Synthesis and to Laundry Detergents
Cristina Barcia, Evelina Quiroga, Carlos Ardanaz, Gustavo Quiroga and Sonia Barberis
14. Deactivation and Rejuvenation of Phosphorus Accumulating Organisms in the Parallel AN/AO Process
Hong-bo Liu and Si-qing Xia
15. Albumin-Bound Toxin Removal in Liver Support Devices: Case Study of Bilirubin Adsorption and Dialysis
M. Cristina Annesini, Vincenzo Piemonte and Luca Turchetti
Index

Microbial Fuel Cells by Bruce E. Logan

Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Exoelectrogens
3. Voltage generation
4. Power Generation
5. Materials
6. Architecture
7. Kinetics and mass transfer
8. Mecs for Hydrogen Production
9. Mfcs for wastewater treatment
10. Other mfc technologies
11. Fun!
12. Outlook

Biotechnology in Flavor Production by Daphna Havkin-Frenkel and Faith C. Belanger

Table of Contents
Chapter 1
The development of yeast strains as tools for adjusting the flavor of fermented beverages to market specifications
Jan H. Swiegers, Sofie M.G. Saerens and Isak S. Pretorius
Chapter 2
Biotechnology of flavor production in dairy products
Bart C. Weimer, Sweta Rajan and Balasubr amanian Ganesan
Chapter 3
Biotechnological production of vanillin
Daphna Havkin-Frenkel and Faith C. Belanger
Chapter 4
Plant cell culture as a source of valuable chemicals
Chee-Kok Chin
Chapter 5
Tomato aroma: Biochemistry and biotechnology
Rachel Davidovich-Rikanati, Yaniv Azulay, Yaron Sitrit, Yaakov Tadmor and Efraim Lewinsohn
Chapter 6
Flavor development in rice
Louis M.T. Bradbury, Robert J. Henry and Daniel L.E. Waters
Chaper 7
Breeding and biotechnology for flavor development in apple
Susan K. Brown
Chapter 8
Aroma as a factor in the breeding process of fresh herbs the case of basil
Nativ Dudai and Faith C. Belanger
Chapter 9
Increasing the methional content in potato through biotechnology
Rong Di
Chapter 10
Regulatory aspects of flavor development – traditional versus bioengineered
Sabine Teske and James C. Griffiths

The Business of Bioscience by Craig D. Shimasaki, PhD, MBA

Table of Contents
1 Introduction
2 What Makes a Biotech Entrepreneur?
3 Start with the Idea: Licensing and Protecting Core Assets
4 Significance of the Right Business Model and Managing Risk
5 Legally Establishing the Company
6 The Product Development Pathway: Charting the Right Course
7 Developing a Marketing Strategy
8 Financing Your Company – Part 1: Raising Money, Capital Needs, and Funding Sources
9 Financing the Company – Part 2: Funding Stages, Valuation, and Funding Tools
10 Corporate Culture and Core Values in a Biotech Company
11 Hiring a Biotech Dream Team
12 Strategic Alliances and Corporate Partnerships
13 The Regulatory Process for Biotech Products
14 Company Life Stages and Changing Management Styles
15 When Do You Call it Quits?
16 Conclusions and Serendipity
17 Practical Help: How to Get Started?

Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering by Lisa Yount

Table of Contents
Part I
Overview of the Topic
Chapter 1
Issues in Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering
Chapter 2
The Law and Biotechnology
Chapter 3
Chronology
Chapter 4
Biographical Listing
Chapter 5
Glossary
Part II
Guide to Further Research
Chapter 6
How to Research Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering
Chapter 7
Annotated Bibliography
Chapter 8
Organizations and Agencies
Part II
Appendices
Appendix A
Buck v. Bell, 274 U.S. 200 (1927)
Appendix B
Diamond v. Chakrabarty, 447 U.S. 303 (1980)
Appendix C
Norman-Bloodsaw v. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory,
135 F.3d 1260 (1998)
Appendix D
Bragdon v. Abbott, 97 U.S. 156 (1998)
Appendix E
United States v. Kincade, 379 F.3d 813 (2004)
Index

Protein Engineering for Industrial Biotechnology edited by Lilia Alberghina

A pedido de Leo.
Ver también los siguientes links: paper1 | paper2
Visita, por más ayuda, los siguientes blogs: Azabett | Bioingenud
Table of Contents
1 Protein Engineering in Basic and Applied Biotechnology: A Review
Lilia Alberghina and Marina Lotti
2 Enhanced Recovery and Folding of Recombinant Proteins Using Fusion Protein Strategies
Sophia Hober and Mathias Uhlén
3 Protein Engineering for Affinity Purification: The Strep-tag
Thomas G.M.Schmidt and Arne Skerra
4 Candida rugosa Lipases: From Molecular Evolution Analysis to the Design of a Synthetic Gene
Marina Lotti and Lilia Alberghina
5 Structure-Function Studies on Cutinase, a Small Lipolytic Enzyme with a Water Accessible Active Site
Sonia LonghiAnne NicolasChristian Jelsch and Christian Cambillau
6 Lipases from Rhizopus Species: Genetics, Structure and Applications
Uwe T.BornscheuerJürgen PleissClaudia Schmidt-DannertRolf D.Schmid
7 Solvent Engineering Modulates Stereoselectivity of Microbial Lipases
Enrico CerniaCleofe Palocci and Simonetta Soro
8 Stabilization of Industrial Enzymes by Protein Engineering
Guido GrandiImma MargaritFrancesco FrigerioRenzo NogarottoGiovanna CarpaniRenata Grifantini and Giuliano Galli
9 Design of Biotechnologically Applicable Yeast Carboxypeptidase Y Mutants with Increased Preference for Charged P1 Residues
Kjeld Olesen and Klaus Breddam
10 Engineering ß-Glycoside Hydrolases
R.A.J.Warren
11 Engineering Specificity and Stability in Glucoamylase from Aspergillus niger
Torben P.FrandsenHenri-Pierre Fierobe and Birte Svensson
12 Pectin Modifying Enzymes and Designer Pectins
Olga MayansJohn JenkinsDrummond SmithKathryn Worboys and Richard Pickersgill
13 Engineering Proteins for the Degradation of Recalcitrant Compounds
Dick B.JanssenJiří DamborskyRick Rink and Geja H.Krooshof
14 Protein Engineering for Biosensors
Masuo AizawaYasuko YanagidaTetsuya Haruyama and Eiry Kobatake
15 Protein Engineering in Vaccine Development
Guido GrandiMaria Grazia PizzaEnzo Scarlato and Rino Rappuoli
16 Exploring Molecular Recognition by Combinatorial and Rational Approaches
Anna Tramontano and Franco Felici
17 Production and Potential Applications of Recombinant Gastric Lipases in Biotechnology
Stéphane CanaanLiliane DupuisMireilk RivièreAnne BelaïchRobert VergerJean L.Romette and Catherine Wicker-Planquart
18 Inhibition of Ras-Dependent Signal Transduction for Therapeutic Purposes: Protein Engineering of a Ras-Specific Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor
Marco VanoniPaola BossùRiccardo Bertini and Lilia Alberghina
19 Expression and Use of Tagged Cell Surface Receptors for Drug Discovery
Kerry J.KollerEmily TateAnn M.DavisLesley Farrington and Erik A.Whitehorn
20 Estrogen Receptor as a Target for New Drug Discovery
Caroline E.Connor and Donald P.McDonnell
21 Molecular Bioscreening in Oncology
Giulio Draetta and Michael Boisclair

The Biodiesel Handbook by G. Knothe, J. V. Gerpen and J. Krahl

Contents
1 Introduction
Gerhard Knothe
2 The History of Vegetable Oil-Based Diesel Fuels
Gerhard Knothe
3 The Basics of Diesel Engines and Diesel Fuels
Jon Van Gerpen
4 Biodiesel Production
4.1 Basics of the Transesterification Reaction
Jon Van Gerpen and Gerhard Knothe
4.2 Alternate Feedstocks and Technologies for Biodiesel Production
Michael J. Haas and Thomas A. Foglia
5 Analytical Methods for Biodiesel
Gerhard Knothe
6 Fuel Properties
Gerhard Knothe
6.1 Cetane Numbers–Heat of Combustion–Why Vegetable
Oils and Their Derivatives Are Suitable as a Diesel Fuel
Gerhard Knothe
6.2 Viscosity of Biodiesel
Gerhard Knothe
6.3 Cold Weather Properties and Performance of Biodiesel
Robert O. Dunn
6.4 Oxidative Stability of Biodiesel
6.4.1 Literature Overview
Gerhard Knothe
6.4.2 Stability of Biodiesel
Heinrich Prankl
6.5 Biodiesel Lubricity
Leon Schumacher
6.6 Biodiesel Fuels: Biodegradability, Biological and Chemical Oxygen
Demand, and Toxicity
C.L. Peterson and Gregory Möller
6.7 Soybean Oil Composition for Biodiesel
Neal A. Bringe
7 Exhaust Emissions
7.1 Effect of Biodiesel Fuel on Pollutant Emissions
from Diesel Engines
Robert L. McCormick and Teresa L. Alleman
7.2 Influence of Biodiesel and Different Petrodiesel Fuels
on Exhaust Emissions and Health Effects
Jürgen Krahl, Axel Munack, Olaf Schröder, Hendrik Stein,
and Jürgen Bünger
8 Current Status of the Biodiesel Industry
8.1 Current Status of Biodiesel in the United States
Steve Howell and Joe Jobe
8.2 Current Status of Biodiesel in the European Union
Dieter Bockey
8.2.1 Biodiesel Quality Management: The AGQM Story
Jürgen Fischer
8.3 Status of Biodiesel in Asia, the Americas, Australia,
and South Africa
Werner Körbitz
8.4 Environmental Implications of Biodiesel (Life-Cycle
Assessment)
Sven O. Gärtner and Guido A. Reinhardt
8.5 Potential Production of Biodiesel
Charles L. Peterson
9 Other Uses of Biodiesel
Gerhard Knothe
10 Other Alternative Diesel Fuels from Vegetable Oils
Robert O. Dunn
11 Glycerol
Donald B. Appleby
Appendix A: Technical Tables
Appendix B: Biodiesel Standards
Appendix C: Internet Resources

Cereal Biotechnology Food Science and Technology

A pedido de Murci
Contents
Chapter 1
Introduction
Chapter 2
The genetic transformation of wheat and barley
Chapter 3
The genetic transformation of rice and maize
Chapter 4
Product development in cereal biotechnology
Chapter 5
Using biotechnology to add value to cereals
Chapter 6
Molecular biological tools in cereal breeding
Chapter 7
Risk assessment and legislative issues
Chapter 8
Current practice in milling and baking
Chapter 9
Current practice in malting, brewing and distilling
Chapter 10
Current practice in cereal production
Chapter 11
Summary and conclusions

Industrial Biotransformations - 2Ed Edited by A. Liese, K. Seelbach, C. Wandrey

Contents
Chapter 1
Introduction
Chapter 2
History of Industrial Biotransformations - Dreams and Realities
2.1 From the ªflower of vinegarº to the recombinant E. coli - The history of microbial biotransformations
2.2 From gastric juice to SweetzymeT - The history of enzymatic biotransformations
2.3 Advantages of biotransformations over classical chemistry
Chapter 3
Enzyme Classification
3.1 The Enzyme Nomenclature
3.2 The Enzyme Classes
EC 1 Oxidoreductases
EC 2 Transferases
EC 3 Hydrolases
EC 4 Lyases
EC 5 Isomerases
EC 6 Ligases
Chapter 4
Basics of Bioreaction Engineering
4.1 Definitions
4.2 Biosynthesis and immobilization of biocatalysts
4.3 Characteristics of the different enzyme classes
4.4 Kinetics
4.5 Basic reactor types and their mode of operation
Chapter 5
Processes
Index
Index of enzyme name
Index of strain
Index of company
Index of starting material
Index of product

Recent Advances in Polyphenol Research Fouad Daayí - Vicenzo Lattanzio

Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Plant Phenolics – Secondary Metabolites with Diverse Functions
Chapter 2
Lignification: are Lignins Biosynthesized via simple Combinatorial Chemistry or via Proteinaceous Control and Template Replication?
Chapter 3
Flavonoid–Protein Binding Processes and their Potential Impact on Human Health
Chapter 4
Methods for Synthesizing the Cocoa-Derived Oligomeric Epi-Catechins – Observations on the Anticancer Activity of the Cocoa Polyphenols
Chapter 5
Gene Discovery and Metabolic Engineering in the Phenylpropanoid Pathway
Chapter 6
Recent Advances in the Molecular Biology and Metabolic Engineering of Flavonoid Biosynthesis in Ornamental Plants
Chapter 7
Recent Advances in the Field of Anthocyanins – Main Focus on Structures
Chapter 8
Salicylic Acid and Induced Plant Defenses
Chapter 9
Phenols and the Onset and Expression of Plant Disease Resistance
Chapter 10
Bioactivity, Absorption, and Metabolism of Anthocyanins
Chapter 11
Bioavailability, Metabolism, and Bioactivity of Food Ellagic Acid and Related Polyphenols
Chapter 12
Multiplicity of Phenolic Oxidation Products in Apple Juices and Ciders, from Synthetic Medium to Commercial Products
Chapter 13
Phytoestrogens in Drug Discovery for Controlling Steroid Biosynthesis
Chapter 14
Recent Advances in the Chemical Synthesis and Biological Activity of Phenolic Metabolites
Chapter 15
Polyphenols and Gene Expression

Gene Cloning & DNA Analysis An Introduction - T. A. Brown - Repost

Contents
Part 1
The Basic Principles of Gene Cloning and DNA Analysis
Part 2
The Applications of Gene Cloning and DNA Analysis in Research
Part 3
The Applications of Gene Cloning and DNA Analysis in Biotechnology

Bioelectronics From Theory to Applications Edited by I. Willner, E. Katz

Contents
1 Bioelectronics – An Introduction
2 Electron Transfer Through Proteins
3 Reconstituted Redox Enzymes on Electrodes: From Fundamental
4 Application of Electrically Contacted Enzymes for Biosensors
5 Electrochemical DNA Sensors
6 Probing Biomaterials on Surfaces at the Single Molecule Level for Bioelectronics
7 Interfacing Biological Molecules with Group IV Semiconductors for Bioelectronic Sensing
8 Biomaterial-nanoparticle Hybrid Systems for Sensing and Electronic Devices
9 DNA-templated Electronics
10 Single Biomolecule Manipulation for Bioelectronics
11 Molecular Optobioelectronics
12 The Neuron-semiconductor Interface
13 S-Layer Proteins in Bioelectronic Applications
14 Computing with Nucleic Acids
15 Conclusions and Perspectives

Biotecnología de la cerveza y de la malta J. S. Hough

Tabla de Contenidos
1. Introducción

2. La cebada, materia prima esencial

3. La malta, un paquete de enzimas y sustancias nutritivas

4. El agua, sus papeles en la elaboración de cerveza

5. Producción del mosto dulce

6. El lúpulo y la ebullición del mosto

7. Levaduras y bacterias

8. Fermentación, fundamentos del proceso

9. Tratamientos post fermentativos