Cellulose: Biosynthesis and Structure

✍ Scribed by Professor Dr. I. A. Tarchevsky, Professor Dr. G. N. Marchenko (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 328
• Series: Heidelberger Lehrtexte Wirtschaftswissenschaften
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This monograph generalizes the mechanism of synthesis of cellulose and other cell wall polysaccharides in cotton and other plants. Sequence and cell localization of reactions of polysaccharide synthesis, dependence of its intensity on concentration of substrates, energy-rich phosphates, phytohormones, retardants, soil-climatic factors are the prime topics and conformational and morphological aspects of the structure of cellulose and its derivatives are discussed.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Introduction....Pages 1-5
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Cell Wall Composition....Pages 9-31
Objects Useful for the Study of Synthesis of Cell Wall Polysaccharides....Pages 32-36
Sequence of Reactions of Biosynthesis of Cellulose and Other Structural Polysaccharides....Pages 37-50
Synthesis of Structural Polysaccharides: Localization of Reaction Sites....Pages 51-75
Dependence of Intensity of Cellulose Synthesis on Substrate Concentration....Pages 76-93
The Effect of Energy Conditions of Cells on the Biosynthesis of Cellulose....Pages 94-99
The Effect of Hormones on the Biosynthesis of Structural Polysaccharides....Pages 100-109
Effects of Cultivation Conditions on Cell Wall Regeneration by Isolated Protoplasts....Pages 110-121
The Effect of Climate and Soil Conditions on Cellulose Biosynthesis....Pages 122-126
Conclusion....Pages 127-128
Back Matter....Pages 129-137
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
General Notes and Definitions....Pages 141-144
The Constitution of Cellulose....Pages 145-148
Cellulose Configuration....Pages 149-155
Cellulose Conformation....Pages 156-173
Equilibrium and Kinetic Rigidity of the Cellulose Macromolecular Chain and Some of its Derivatives in Solution....Pages 174-209
Thermodynamic Properties of Cellulose and its Satellites....Pages 210-220
Theoretical Methods of Modeling of Conformational Properties of Cellulose and its Derivatives....Pages 221-269
Morphological Structure of Cellulose....Pages 270-287
Experimental Methods for Studying Equilibrium and Kinetic Rigidity of Polymers in Solution....Pages 288-301
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Conclusion....Pages 302-303
References....Pages 304-310
Back Matter....Pages 311-322

✦ Subjects

Food Science