Extracellular sugar-based biopolymers matrices. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ephraim Cohen, Hans Merzendorfer, editors.
• Other Names: Cohen, Ephraim; Merzendorfer, Hans
• Contents: Part 1: Aminosugar-Based Exopolysaccharides Chitin-based extracellular matrices. Chapter1. Chito-Protein Matrices in Arthropod Exoskeletons and Peritrophic Membranes(Xiaoming Zhao, Jianzhen Zhang and Kun Yan Zhu) -- Chapter2. Mineral-Chitin Composite in Mollusks (Ingrid M. Weiss) -- Chapter3. Chitosan Derivatives and Grafted Adjuncts With Unique Properties (Hans Merzendorfer) -- Chapter4. Hyaluronan Extracellular Matrix -- Synthesis and Physiological Properties (Alberto Passi and Davide Vigetti) -- Chapter5. Sulfated Chondroitin, Dermatan, Heparan and Keratan -- Structure and Function (Emiliano Bedini, Maria Michela Corsaro, Alfonso Fernández-Mayoralas and Alfonso Iadonisi) -- Chapter6. Peptidoglycan Structures, Biosynthesis and Deposition in Bacterial Cell Walls (Axel Walter and Christoph Mayer) -- Chapter7. Cellulose and Hemicellulose Synthesis and their Regulation in Plant Cells (Xiaoyu Zhu, Xiaoran Xin, and Ying Gu) -- Chapter8. Cellulose in Bacterial Biofilms (Diego O. Serra and Regine Hengge) -- Chapter9. Role of Glucan-Derived Polymers in the Pathogenic Fungus Candida albicans -- Chapter10. Structure and Biological Properties of Lasiodiplodan (Mário A.A. Cunha, Vidiany A.Q. Santos, Gabrielle C. Calegari, William N. Sánchez Luna, Sandra L.A. Marin, Robert F.H. Dekker and Aneli M. Barbosa-Dekker) -- Chapter11. Structure and Biological Properties of Botryosphaeran (Robert F.H. Dekker, Eveline A.I.F. Queiroz, Mario A.A. Cunha, and Aneli M Barbosa-Dekker) -- Chapter12. Pectic Polysaccharides in Plants: Structures, Biosynthesis and Functions (Charles Anderson) -- Chapter13. Alginate-based bacterial biofilms (M. Fata Moradali and Bernd H.A. Rehm) -- Part2. Industrial and Biomedical Applications of Biopolysaccharides. chapter14. Chitin/Chitosan -- Versatile Ecological, Industrial and Biomedical Aapplications (Hans Merzendorfer and Ephraim Cohen) -- chapter15. Marine Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) and GAG-Mimetics -- Applications in Medicine and Tissue Engineering (Sy lvia Colliec-Jouault and Agata Zykwinska) -- chapter16. Alginate -- Pharmacological and Medical Applications (Patrícia Sofia Pinhanços Batista, Alcina Maria Miranda Bernardo de Morais, Maria Manuela Estevez Pintado, and Rui Manuel Santos Costa de Morais) -- Chapter17. Nanocellulose Composite Biomaterials in Industry and Medicine (Oded Shoseyov, Doron Kam, Tal Ben Shalom, Zvi Shtein, Sapir Vinkler and Yehudit Posen).
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (822 pages)
• Subjects: 571.5; 573.44; Extracellular matrix; Polysaccharides; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030129194; 3030129195
• Related ISBNs: 3030129187; 9783030129187
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