Synthetic Biology

Contents: 1. Biosynthesis of DNA. 2. Biosynthesis of protein. 3. Enzymatic extraction. 4. Biosynthesis of enzyme. 5. Biological ergot alkaloids. 6. Biosynthesis of ethanol. 7. Fermentation of ethanol. 8. Biosynthesis of acetic acid. 9. Mechanism of fermentation. 10. Industrial application of yeast.

"In the amazing advancement of synthetic biology, the pressing need of the current millennium is to exploit biological processes. In order to do this various fundamental aspects of synthetic biology need to be understood adequately. The present text is intended for teaching senior or a graduate level courses, and as a self study text for practising biochemical engineer, biotechnologists, applied and industrial microbiologists, cell biologist, scientists involved in bioprocessing research and development and other related fields. It continues to give intensive quantitative training in the industrial/practical application of the principles of biosynthesis, and in finding the solution of biosynthetic biology. It also deals with the progressive development in the scale-up of industrial biosynthetic systems. To make the text selective abundance of illustrative tables and labeled figures are added wherever required." (jacket)