Molecular Fungal Biology

Richard P. Oliver, Michael Schweizer (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

388 Seiten

1999
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-56784-8 (ISBN)

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Fungal biology is having a profound impact on medicine, agriculture and industry. New developments in molecular biology make this timely textbook essential for all upper undergraduates taking biotechnology and fungal genetics courses, as well as postgraduates entering the booming world of fungal research.

Fungi are a diverse group of organisms, studied widely because of their commercial importance in biotechnology, agriculture and medicine, and because they provide simple model systems for illuminating the eukaryotic mode of life. The development of the techniques of molecular biology has opened up new areas of mycological research, with profound consequences such as the sequencing of the first entire eukaryotic genome. This book focuses on the application of molecular and cell biology to mycology and presents examples of how these approaches are elucidating long-held problems in areas as diverse as animal and plant pathology, protein expression and evolution. Aimed at advanced undergraduates taking courses in mycology, applied biology, biotechnology, fungal biology and fungal genetics, this textbook will also serve postgraduates needing an introduction to modern fungal research.

Preface; 1. Fungi - important organisms in history and today M. Wedde, M. Jacobs and U. Stahl; 2. Fungal phylogeny M. L. Berbee and J. W. Taylor; 3. The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae: insights from the first complete eukaryotic genome sequence H. Feldman; 4. Interactions between pathway-specific and global genetic regulation and the control of pathway flux A. R. Hawkins, K. A. Wheeler, L. J. Levett, G. H. Newton and H. K. Lamb; 5. Hyphal cell biology G. Robson; 6. Asexual conidiation T. H. Adams and J. K. Wieser; 7. Fungal cell division C. Pitt and J. Doonan; 8. Sexual development of higher fungi S.-W. Chiu and D. Moore; 9. Lignocellulose breakdown and utilization by fungi M. Penttilä and M. Saloheimo; 10. Plant disease caused by fungi - phytopathogenicity P. Bowyer; 11. Animal pathogenicity S. Hosking; 12. Biotechnology of filamentous fungi: applications of molecular biology D. B. Archer; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	5.8.1999
Zusatzinfo	6 Tables, unspecified; 23 Halftones, unspecified; 99 Line drawings, unspecified
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	660 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mykologie
ISBN-10	0-521-56784-X / 052156784X
ISBN-13	978-0-521-56784-8 / 9780521567848
Zustand	Neuware