The terminology of biotechnology : a multidisciplinary problem : proceedings of the 1989 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, PACIFICHEM '89
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The terminology of biotechnology : a multidisciplinary problem : proceedings of the 1989 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, PACIFICHEM '89
Springer-Verlag, c1990
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Biotechnology is a clearly multidisciplinary field involving biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics, immunology, microbiology, pharmacology, fermentation, agriculture, to name just a few. Each of the contributing subject areas brings its own special vocabulary and nomenclature standards and considerable difficulties of communication is the result. This book summarizes the status of the terminology in the various discipline that make up biotechnology.
Table of Contents
Activities of the IUPAC/IUB Joint Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature (JCBN) and the Nomenclature Committee of IUB (NC-IUB).- Nomenclature and Protein Databases.- The Nomenclature of Altered Proteins.- Nomenclature and Representation of Biopolymer Sequences by Chemical Abstracts Service.- Development of Carbohydrate Nomenclature.- Enzyme Nomenclature.- Interferon Nomenclature.- The Nomenclature of Monoclonal Antibodies.- Nomenclature Issues in the Human Genome Project.- Nomenclature in the Field of Eicosanoids.- United States Adopted Names for Drugs.- Nomenclature of Biotechnologically Derived Pharmaceutical Substances - A View from Japan.- Terminological Activities in Immunology.- Trends in Standardization of Vocabulary in Microbiology.- Terminology in Pesticide Science.- Quantities and Units in Biotechnology.- Engineering Terminological Concerns in Biotechnology.- On the Conceptual System and Information Management: A Step Towards the Unification of Terminology in the Subject Field of Biotechnology.- Computers and Biotechnical Terminology: Accessing and Integrating Data from Diverse Sources.- Biotechnology in the Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology - Standardizing the Vocabulary.- Nomenclature of Pharmaceuticals.- Author Index.
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