Covers trends in modern biotechnology All aspects of this interdisciplinary technology, where knowledge, methods and expertise are required from chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology, genetics, chemical engineering and computer science, are treated Electronic version available at http://link.springer.de/series/abe/ Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Zusammenfassung
With contribution by numerous experts

Inhalt
E.K. Schmitt, B. Hoff, U. Kück: Regulation of Cephalosporin Biosynthesis.- A.A. Brakhage, P. Spröte, Q. A.-Abdallah, A. Gehrke, H. Plattner, A. Tüncher: Regulation of Penicillin Biosynthesis in Filamentous Fungi.- J.F. Martin, R.V. Ullan, J. Casqueiro: Novel Genes Involved in Cephalosporin Biosynthesis: The Three-component Isopenicillin N epimerase System.- M.E. Evers, H. Trip, M.A. van den Berg, R.A.L. Bovenberg, A.J.M. Driessen: Compartmentalization and Transport in beta-lactam Antibiotics Biosynthesis.- N. Gunnarsson, A. Eliasson, J. Nielsen: Control of Fluxes Towards Antibiotics and the Role of Primary Metabolism in Production of Antibiotics.- M.S. Barber, U. Giesecke, A. Reichert, W. Minas: Industrial Enzymatic Production of Cephalosporin-Based beta-lactams.- H. von Döhren: Biochemistry and General Genetics of Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetases in Funghi.