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Web alert Biochemical engineering Plant biotechnology
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Web alert Biochemical engineering Plant biotechnology Her+
R&cipon* and Wojciech
Makalowskit Online journals
Addresses National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Institutes of Health, Building 38A, Room 8N-805, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
‘Genetic Engineering News: http:l/www.genengnews.coml
*e-mail: [email protected] +e-mail: [email protected]
‘Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology: http://www.wiley.com/journalssci/jctb/aims.html
A selection of World Wide Web sites relevant to papers published in this issue of Current Opinion in Biotechnology.
‘Nature Biotechnology: http:/lbiotech.nature.com/
Plant biotechnology Phytoremediation
Biochemical engineering ‘The Biotechnology Industry Organization.’ http://www.bio.org/ The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) represents biotechnology companies of all sizes, academic institutions and state biotechnology centers engaged in the development of products and services in the areas of biomedicine, diagnostics, agriculture, food, energy, environment and industrial applications. The BIO Web site regroups invaluable information and resources pertinent to the biotechnology industry around the world: federal and states rules, legislation and standards, links to other biotechnology sites hosted by companies or academics institutions, access to the biotechnology alliance database, maps and tools and online publications.
‘Site Remediation Technologies! http:/lclu-in.com/remedl .htm The US Environmental Protection Agency web site provides a comprehensive listing of descriptions, publications, software and other resources that relate to innovative technologies for the remediation of soils, sediments, sludge, groundwater and air emissions or off-gases. ‘The Citizen’s Guide to Phytoremediation.’ http:1/207.86.51.66/download/pdf_filelphyto.pdf This site describes the processes involved in the use of plants and trees to clean up contaminated soil and water, states the limits of these processes and lists the current tasting sites (requires a PDF viewer plug-in).
Phytopathology Ceil culture ‘The American Type Culture Collection Home Page! http:/lwww.atcc.orgl The site of the American Type Culture Collection organization regroups information about cell collections, cDNA databases and attached patents. This site also provides an online search of biological products and an outline of educational programs, employment opportunities and scientific workshops. ‘The Biological Process Technology Institute: http://cbs.umn.edu/bpti The site of the Biological Process Technology Institute (BPTI), housed at the University of Minnesota, aims to provide a unique environment through its faculty and core research facility. The web site reflects this goal by offering information about the BPTl’s research on biodegradation, metabolic engineering and biocatalytic processing. Links to others biotechnology resources are also provided.
Bioreactors
and metabolic
engineering
‘NRC Biotechnology Research Institute.’ http:/lwww.bri.nrc.ca/irbgenen.htm One of the Canadian National Research Council web sites. It contains insights into pharmaceutical applications, treatment of contaminated soils, industrial waste water, underground water, sediments and air and bioprocessing. Employment opportunities and links to others related sites are also provided (English and French versions).
‘Computational Metabolism: http:lAvww.ai.sri.com/ecocyc/metabolism.html This page, maintained at the Stanford Research Institute International’s Artificial Intelligence Center, contains an annotated bibliography on research in the area of computational metabolism. This interdisciplinary research field applies computational techniques to the study of biochemical pathways.
‘The American Phytopathological Society: http://www.scisoc.org/ The contents of this site include plant disease descriptions, online versions of several American Phytopathology Society CAPS) publications, common names for plant diseases, meeting announcements and abstracts, recent news, career information and emerging issues with respect to government affairs. Access to some of the topics requires APS membership. ‘Center for Engineering Plants for Resistance Against Pathogens: http:Ilpubweb.ucdavis.edu/DocumentslCEPRAPICEPhome.html The Center for Engineering Plants for Resistance Against Pathogens (CEPRAP), housed at the University of California at Davis, is one of the United States National Science Foundation’s (NSF’s) Science and Technology Centers. Its Web site provides information on research currently being performed on disease susceptibility, basic and specific resistance and applied technologies. Also provided are educational programs and links to other NSF and plant-related Web sites. ‘PLP 611: Molecular Plant Virology: http://ag.arizona.edu:80/-uionglplp61 llhnochtml On this set of pages from the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Arizona, the remarkable Dr Xiong’s lecture notes related to molecular plant virology can be found. The topics discussed include history, taxonomy, symptoms, genes, proteins, molecular events of virus infection process, genome organization and expression of representative virus groups, subviral pathogens, molecular mechanisms of virus, plant and vector interactions, virus ecology, epidemiology and management.
Online journals ‘Phytopathology.’ http://www.scisoc.orglpubslppathl ‘Plant Disease: http:/lwww.scisoc.org/pubs/pdisease/
Web alert Biochemical engineering Plant biotechnology Her+
R&cipon* and Wojciech
Makalowskit Online journals
Addresses National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Institutes of Health, Building 38A, Room 8N-805, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
‘Genetic Engineering News: http:l/www.genengnews.coml
*e-mail: [email protected] +e-mail: [email protected]
‘Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology: http://www.wiley.com/journalssci/jctb/aims.html
A selection of World Wide Web sites relevant to papers published in this issue of Current Opinion in Biotechnology.
‘Nature Biotechnology: http:/lbiotech.nature.com/
Plant biotechnology Phytoremediation
Biochemical engineering ‘The Biotechnology Industry Organization.’ http://www.bio.org/ The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) represents biotechnology companies of all sizes, academic institutions and state biotechnology centers engaged in the development of products and services in the areas of biomedicine, diagnostics, agriculture, food, energy, environment and industrial applications. The BIO Web site regroups invaluable information and resources pertinent to the biotechnology industry around the world: federal and states rules, legislation and standards, links to other biotechnology sites hosted by companies or academics institutions, access to the biotechnology alliance database, maps and tools and online publications.
‘Site Remediation Technologies! http:/lclu-in.com/remedl .htm The US Environmental Protection Agency web site provides a comprehensive listing of descriptions, publications, software and other resources that relate to innovative technologies for the remediation of soils, sediments, sludge, groundwater and air emissions or off-gases. ‘The Citizen’s Guide to Phytoremediation.’ http:1/207.86.51.66/download/pdf_filelphyto.pdf This site describes the processes involved in the use of plants and trees to clean up contaminated soil and water, states the limits of these processes and lists the current tasting sites (requires a PDF viewer plug-in).
Phytopathology Ceil culture ‘The American Type Culture Collection Home Page! http:/lwww.atcc.orgl The site of the American Type Culture Collection organization regroups information about cell collections, cDNA databases and attached patents. This site also provides an online search of biological products and an outline of educational programs, employment opportunities and scientific workshops. ‘The Biological Process Technology Institute: http://cbs.umn.edu/bpti The site of the Biological Process Technology Institute (BPTI), housed at the University of Minnesota, aims to provide a unique environment through its faculty and core research facility. The web site reflects this goal by offering information about the BPTl’s research on biodegradation, metabolic engineering and biocatalytic processing. Links to others biotechnology resources are also provided.
Bioreactors
and metabolic
engineering
‘NRC Biotechnology Research Institute.’ http:/lwww.bri.nrc.ca/irbgenen.htm One of the Canadian National Research Council web sites. It contains insights into pharmaceutical applications, treatment of contaminated soils, industrial waste water, underground water, sediments and air and bioprocessing. Employment opportunities and links to others related sites are also provided (English and French versions).
‘Computational Metabolism: http:lAvww.ai.sri.com/ecocyc/metabolism.html This page, maintained at the Stanford Research Institute International’s Artificial Intelligence Center, contains an annotated bibliography on research in the area of computational metabolism. This interdisciplinary research field applies computational techniques to the study of biochemical pathways.
‘The American Phytopathological Society: http://www.scisoc.org/ The contents of this site include plant disease descriptions, online versions of several American Phytopathology Society CAPS) publications, common names for plant diseases, meeting announcements and abstracts, recent news, career information and emerging issues with respect to government affairs. Access to some of the topics requires APS membership. ‘Center for Engineering Plants for Resistance Against Pathogens: http:Ilpubweb.ucdavis.edu/DocumentslCEPRAPICEPhome.html The Center for Engineering Plants for Resistance Against Pathogens (CEPRAP), housed at the University of California at Davis, is one of the United States National Science Foundation’s (NSF’s) Science and Technology Centers. Its Web site provides information on research currently being performed on disease susceptibility, basic and specific resistance and applied technologies. Also provided are educational programs and links to other NSF and plant-related Web sites. ‘PLP 611: Molecular Plant Virology: http://ag.arizona.edu:80/-uionglplp61 llhnochtml On this set of pages from the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Arizona, the remarkable Dr Xiong’s lecture notes related to molecular plant virology can be found. The topics discussed include history, taxonomy, symptoms, genes, proteins, molecular events of virus infection process, genome organization and expression of representative virus groups, subviral pathogens, molecular mechanisms of virus, plant and vector interactions, virus ecology, epidemiology and management.
Online journals ‘Phytopathology.’ http://www.scisoc.orglpubslppathl ‘Plant Disease: http:/lwww.scisoc.org/pubs/pdisease/