Molecular Industrial Mycology: Systems and Applications for Filamentous Fungi / Edition 1

by Sally A. Leong, Randy M. Berka

Overview

Ten articles provide an overview of the recently flowering research into the genetics and molecular biology of fungus species that are economically significant in industry. The contributors, from a variety of disciplines, report on work in such areas as industrial enzymes, antibiotics, toxins, heter

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780824783921
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/26/1990
Series:	Mycology , #8
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Sally A. Leong Plant Disease Resistance Research Unit, USDA/ARS, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin.Randy M. Berka Genencor International, South SanFrancisco, California.

Table of Contents

Series Introduction, Preface, Contributors, 1. Transformation Systems for Filamentous Fungi and an Overview of Fungal Gene Structure, 2. Molecular Manipulation of and Heterologous Protein Secretion from Filamentous Fungi, 3. Molecular Biology of a High-Level Recombinant Protein Production System in Aspergillus, 4. Chymosin Production in Aspergillus, 5. Fungal Aspartic Proteinases, 6. The Molecular Biology of Trichoderma and Its Application to the Expression of Both Homologous and Heterologous Genes, 7. Molecular Genetics of Penicillin and Cephalosporin Antibiotic Biosynthesis, 8: Molecular Biology of Lignin Peroxidases from Phanerochaete chrysosporium, 9. Genetics and Biochemistry of Toxin Synthesis in Cochliobolus (Helminthosporium), 10. Scaling Up Production of Recombinant DNA Products Using Filamentous Fungi as Hosts, Index

Editorial Reviews

Ten articles provide an overview of the recently flowering research into the genetics and molecular biology of fungus species that are economically significant in industry. The contributors, from a variety of disciplines, report on work in such areas as industrial enzymes, antibiotics, toxins, heterologous protein secretion, and biomass conversion. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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