The Impact of Chemistry on Biotechnology. Multidisciplinary Discussions

Content: 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.