1st Edition
Fungal Protoplasts Applications in Biochemistry and Genetics
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.
Contributors
THE PROTOPLAST SYSTEM
The Fungal Cell Wall
Vladimir Farkaš
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
Ferenc Kevei and John F. Peberdy
Protoplast Fusion and Interspecies Hybrization in Penicillium
Jozef Anné and John F. Peberdy
Protoplast Fusion in Yeasts
Lajos Ferenczy
Transfer of Cytoplasmic Genetic Elements by Protoplast Fusion
Lajos Ferenczy
Some Aspects of Yeast Transformation
Albert Hinnen
Perspectives for Protoplasts in Genetics of Industrially Important Fungi
Christopher Ball
Index
Biography
John. F. Peberdy (Author)
