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Section 1 General Introduction |
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Chapter 1 Overview of Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) |
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Chapter 2 Commercial Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) |
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Chapter 3 Unusual Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) |
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Chapter 4 Detection, Quantification and Property Analysis of Polyhydroxyalkanoates |
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Chapter 5 The Applications of Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) |
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Chapter 6 Challenge and Future Outlook |
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Chapter 7 Biosynthesis Pathways of PHA |
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Chapter 8 The Role of Genetic Engineering in PHA Biosynthesis |
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Chapter 9 Substrates for PHA Biosynthesis |
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Chapter 10 Biosynthesis of PHA in Wildtype Bacteria |
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Chapter 11 Biosynthesis of PHA in Higher Organisms |
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Chapter 12 Biosynthesis of Short-Chain-Length PHA by Halophiles |
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Section 3 Industrial Production |
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Chapter 13 The Industrial Production of PHA |
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Chapter 14 Extraction and Purification of Polyhydroxyalkanoates |
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Chapter 15 Industrial Production of PHA: Recent Breakthroughs and Remaining Bottlenecks |
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Section 4 Applications in Medicine |
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Chapter 16 Biodegradation of PHA in Nature |
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Chapter 17 Chemical Modification of PHAs |
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Chapter 18 Polyhydroxyalkanoates and Their Potential in Controlled-Release Drug Delivery Systems - Biomedical Applications and Factors Affecting the Drug Release |
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Chapter 19 PHA-Based Materials at Interfaces Control Biomimetic Crystallization of Bone Minerals |
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Chapter 20 The Cytotoxicity of Polyhydroxyalkanoates As Biomedical Materials |
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Chapter 21 Biomedical Studies of PHAs Produced in the Institute of Biophysics SB RAS and Siberian Federal University (Krasnoyarsk, Russia) |
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