Metabolic Engineering: 24 (Biotechnology and Bioprocessing) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 082477390X ISBN 13: 9780824773908

Publisher: CRC Press, 1999

Synopsis

This unique reference/text presents the basic theory and practical applications of metabolic engineering (ME). It offers systematic analysis of complex metabolic pathways and ways of employing recombinant DNA techniques to alter cell behavior, metabolic patterns, and product formation. Treating ME as a distinct subfield of genetic engineering, the book demonstrates new means of enabling cells to produce valuable proteins, polypeptides, and primary and secondary metabolites. Written by more than 35 leading international experts in the field, this book discusses metabolic engineering in plant and mammalian cells, bacteria, and yeasts and assesses metabolic engineering applications in agriculture, pharmaceuticals, and environmental systems. It illuminates the potential of the "cell factory" model for production of chemicals and therapeutics and examines methods for developing new antiviral and antibacterial molecules and effective gene and somatic-cell therapies. Metabolic Engineering also addresses the use of metabolic flux analysis, metabolic control analysis, and online metabolic flux analysis.

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Sang Yup Lee (Edited by) , E. Terry Papoutsakis (Edited by)

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 082477390X
• ISBN 13: 9780824773908
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 450
• Editor: Lee Sang Yup, Papoutsakis E. Terry