Fungal Protoplasts Applications in Biochemistry and Genetics [Hardcover]

Until now, information on fungal protoplasts has been scattered throughout various sources. With authoritative reviews of protoplast isolation and applications in fungal biology research, Fungal Protoplasts: Applications in Biochemistry and Genetics is the first volume devoted to a major area in experimental mycology-fungal protoplasts.

Written by 18 pioneering experts, this unmatched, illustrated reference presents well-established knowledge of protoplast research as well as newer ideas and methods. The book encompasses advances in protoplast isolation techniques and methodology, uses of protoplasts in physiological, biochemical, and genetic studies, and developments in protoplast fusion that form the basis for transformation and gene cloning experiments, including applications in industrial biotechnology. This fact-filled book also features end-of-chapter bibliographies for further research.Preface
Contributors

THE PROTOPLAST SYSTEM
The Fungal Cell Wall
Vladimir Farkaa

Mycolytic Enzymes
John F. Peberdy

Factors Influencing Protoplast Isolation
Barry Davis

Protoplasts from Fungal Spores
Cees J. Bos

Protoplasts from Entomophthorales
Richard A. Nolan

PROTOPLASTS AS TOOLS IN PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL STUDIES
Cell Wall Regeneration and Protoplast Reversion
Oldrich Necas and Augustin Svoboda

The Protoplast Membrane and Antifungal Drugs
David Kerridge

Metabolic Properties of Protoplasts
Susan Isaac

Protoplasts and Secondary Metabolism
Joan W. Bennett

PROTOPLASTS AS GENETIC TOOLS
Protoplast Fusion and Genetic Analysis in Cephalosporium
John A. Birkett and Paul F. Hamlyn

Protoplast Fusion and Incompatibility in Aspergillus
James H. Croft

Interspecies Hybridization after Protoplast Fusion in Aspergillus
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