Bioproducts and Bioprocesses 2: Third Conference to Promote Japan/U.S. Joint Projects and Cooperation in Biotechnology, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 6–10, 1991

Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology—An NSF Perspective....Pages 3-3
Use of Fluorometry for On-Line Monitoring and Control of Bioreactors — Microbial Cell Concentration and Activity, Plant Cell Metabolism, Mixing Time, and Gas Hold-up....Pages 5-21
Computer Control of Glutamic Acid Production Based on Fuzzy Clustering of Culture Phases....Pages 23-30
National Science Foundation Engineering Centers Division — Biotechnology and Bioengineering Research Centers....Pages 31-32
The Effect of Glutathione Depletion in the Glutamine Synthetase Gene Amplification System....Pages 33-33
Modeling Vapor Phase Water Droplet Extraction of Proteins from the Medium of an Air Fluidized Bioreactor....Pages 35-46
Front Matter....Pages 47-47
Genetic Engineering and Protein Engineering on Chymosin and Mucor Rennin....Pages 49-61
Genetic Engineering of Carbon and Energy Metabolism....Pages 63-66
Microbial Production of Useful Compounds with recDNA Technique....Pages 67-80
Amplification of Homologous Fermentative Genes in Clostridium Acetobutylicum ATCC 824....Pages 81-88
Cloning and Sequencing of the Alcohol Dehydrogenase Gene from Bacillus stearothermophilus and Alteration of the Optimum pH of the Enzyme by Protein Engineering....Pages 89-102
Bioprocess Kinetics and Optimization of Recombinant Fermentation: Genetic and Engineering Approaches....Pages 103-111
Front Matter....Pages 113-113
Comparison of Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Structures of Xylanase of Bacillus pumilus and Cellulase of Aspergillus acleatus ....Pages 115-122
Synthesis of Chiral Intermediates for D -Pantothenate Production by Microbial Enzymes....Pages 123-133
Mechanistic Aspects of Enzymatic Catalysis in Anhydrous Organic Solvents....Pages 135-135
Construction of a Novel Biocatalyst Based on an Organelle Model—Expression of the Latent Function of the Enzyme by Organized Assemblies....Pages 137-147
Enzyme Catalysis in Unusual Environments....Pages 149-149
Preparation and Characterization of Semisynthetic Oxidases....Pages 151-162
Front Matter....Pages 163-163
On-line Diagnosing System for Fed-Batch Fermentation....Pages 165-165
Sensors for Bioprocess Monitoring and Control....Pages 167-167
Front Matter....Pages 163-163
Development of Micro—Biosensors for Brain Research....Pages 169-175
Application of 2-D Gel Electrophoresis to Study Intracellular Events in Industrial Fermentations....Pages 177-191
A Knowledge-Based Approach for Control of Phenylalanine Production by a Recombinant Escherichia coli ....Pages 193-216
Modulator Sorption in Gradient Elution Chromatography....Pages 217-232
Front Matter....Pages 233-233
Strategies for Improving Productivity in Plant Cell, Tissue, and Organ Culture in Bioreactors....Pages 235-245
Genetic Engineering of Medicinal Plants....Pages 247-254
Engineering Growth Factor/Receptor Processes: Effects of EGF Receptor Trafficking Dynamics on Cell Proliferation Responses To EGF....Pages 255-270
The Effect of Light Irradiation on Secondary Metabolite Production by Coffea arabica Cells....Pages 271-282
A Model for Embryo Development in Dicotyledonous Plants....Pages 283-292
Kinetics of Hybridoma Cell Growth in Continuous Culture....Pages 293-308
Development of New Immobilization Method and Continuous Production of Bioproducts in Immobilized Mammalian Cell System....Pages 309-309