Microbial Water-insoluble Aliphatic Polyesters (PHAs)
Part 3a. Polyesters
Prof. Dr. Joseph M. Merrick,
Prof. Dr. Joseph M. Merrick
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State University of New York at Buffalo, Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY, USA, 14214
Search for more papers by this authorProf. Dr. Joseph M. Merrick,
Prof. Dr. Joseph M. Merrick
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State University of New York at Buffalo, Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY, USA, 14214
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- Introduction to PHAs
- Diversity of PHAs
- Biosynthesis of PHAs
- Short-chain-length PHAs
- Medium-chain-length PHAs
- Organization of Genes Required for PHA Biosynthesis
- Degradation of Poly(3HB)
- Intracellular Degradation of Poly(3HB)
- Properties of Native Poly(3HB) Granules
- Extracellular Degradation of PHA
- PHA Granule-associated Proteins
- Conversion of 3HB to Acetyl-CoA
- Regulation of PHA metabolism
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