Cellulose and Other Natural Polymer Systems - R. Malcolm Brown

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Sommaire:
I. Biogenesis.- 1 A Cytological Model of Cellulose Biogenesis in the Alga Oocystis apiculata.- 2 Organized Microfibril Assembly in Higher Plant Cells.- 3 Cell-Wall Formation in Fucus Zygotes: A Model System to Study the Assembly and Localization of Wall Polymers.- 4 Cell-Wall Regeneration by Protoplasts Isolated from Higher Plants.- 5 Cellulose-Microfibril Assembly and Orientation in Higher Plant Cells with Particular Reference to Seedlings of Zea mays.- 6 Microfibril-Tip Growth and the Development of Pattern in Cell Walls.- 7 The Role of the Golgi Apparatus in the Biosynthesis of Natural Polymer Systems with Particular Reference to Cellulose.- 8 Interaction of Cell-Wall Formation and Cell Division in Higher Plant Cells.- 9 Callose-Deposit Formation in Radish Root Hairs.- 10 Chitin-Fibril Formation in Algae.- 11 Synthesis of Chitin Microfibrils in Vitro.- 12 Cellulose Synthesis in Detached Cotton Fibers.- 13 The Control of Molecular Weight and Molecular-Weight Distribution in the Biogenesis of Cellulose.- 14 Biogenesis of Cellulose I Microfibrils Occurs by Cell-Directed Self-Assembly in Acetobacter xylinum.- 15 A Study of the Polymerization Kinetics of Bacterial Cellulose through Gel-Permeation Chromatography.- 16 Does ?-Glucan Synthesis Need a Primer?.- 17 Intermediates of Cellulose Synthesis in Acetobacter.- 18 Protein Glycosylation in Higher Plants: Recent Developments.- II. Structure.- 19 The Structure of Cellulose Microfibrils in Valonia.- 20 The Macromolecular Organization of Cellulose and Chitin.- 21 Comparisons between Synthetic and Natural Microfiber Systems.- III. Degradation.- 22 ?-Glucanases in Higher Plants: Localization, Potential Functions, and Regulation.- 23 Visualization of Cellulases and Cellulose Degradation.