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Protein Biotechnology and Biochemistry is a complete and definitive source of information for all those interested in this area providing a broad overview of the various medical, diagnostic and industrial uses of proteins. It covers basic biochemical principles as well as providing a comprehensive survey of products currently available or under development. The new edition has been thoroughly updated with new material. The key difference is that this new edition includes more pure biochemistry. There are two completely new chapters: Protein Structure - an overview and Novel Proteins from Novel Sources. These chapters concentrate on the basic biochemical principles of proteins and lay the foundations for the rest of the book. The remaining chapters focus on protein biotechnology and have been rearranged, updated and expanded. Table of Contents Preface. Protein structure. Protein sources. Protein purification and characterization. Large-scale protein purification. Therapeutic proteins: blood products and vaccines. Therapeutic antibodies and enzymes. Hormones and growth factors used therapeutically. Interferons, interleukins and additional regulatory factors. Proteins used for analytical purposes. Industrial enzymes: an introduction. Industrial enzymes: proteases and carbohydrates. Additional industrial enzymes. Non-catalytic industrial proteins. Index