Textbook of Basic Biotechnology

Contents: Preface. 1. Biotechnology: an introduction. 2. Biomolecules. 3. Cell and development. 4. Carbohydrates: structure and chemical properties. 5. Carbohydrate metabolism. 6. Lipids: structure and metabolism. 7. Proteins: structure and metabolism. 8. Enzymes, coenzymes and enzyme kinetics. 9. Immobilization of enzymes and its uses. 10. Enzyme engineering. 11. Bioengineering biosystem engineering. 12. Immunology. 13. Genetics and molecular biology. 14. Proteins and gene manipulation. 15. Recombinant DNA technology. 16. Industrial biotechnology. 17. Genomics and bio-informatics. 18. Microbial culture. 19. Plant tissue culture. 20. Animal cell culture. 21. Nano-technology. 22. Biosensors.  23. Biotechnological techniques. Appendix. Glossary.

This book has been so designed as to fulfill the quick review of biotechnology and clearly helps to understand key information on biotechnology from fundamental concepts to advances in that subject area.

Language of the book is simple, presentation is lucid and unambiguous for easy understanding of the subject matter. This book is very useful to undergraduate students and teachers as well to get in-depth knowledge of this subject. (jacket)