Page 6 - Advances in Textile Biotechnology

Contents

Contributor contact details xi
Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles xv
Preface xxi

Part I Technologies involved in textile biotechnology 1

1 Design and engineering of novel enzymes for
textile applications 3
R. Araújo, M. Casal and A. Cavaco-Paulo, University
of Minho, Portugal
1.1 Basic principles of recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid
(DNA) molecular cloning 3
1.2 Production of enzymes: searching for effi cient
production systems 7
1.3 Enzyme engineering 8
1.4 Design and engineering of novel enzymes for textile
applications 10
1.5 Advantages and limitations 19
1.6 Future trends 21
1.7 Sources of further information and advice 22
1.8 References 22

2 Developments in processes and equipment for
enzymatic textile treatments 32
M. M. C. G. Warmoeskerken and G. H. Bouwhuis,
University of Twente, The Netherlands

2.1 Introduction 32
2.2 Current processes for the pre-treatment of cotton 33
2.3 Mass transfer limitations in textiles 36
2.4 The squeezing model 39
2.5 A mass transfer model 43

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