A n In te rna t iona l Review Journa l

BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

Resea rch Reviews and Patent Abs t r ac t s

Editors M. Moo-Young (Executive), Institute ,for Biotechnology Research, University ()1 Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3GI

J. D. Bu'Lock, Dept. ()J Chemistry, University of Manchester MI3 9PL, UK

C. L. Cooney, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA

B. R. Glick, Dept. ()f Biology, University oJ" Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3GI

R. F. Gomez, Genentech lnc., 460 Point San Bruno Blvd, S. San Francisco, CA 94080, USA

Managing Editor Jill Price, Pergamon Press, Oxford, UK

Editorial Advisory Board D. E. Brown, Manchester, UK E. J. DaSilva, Paris, France A. L. Demain, Cambridge, MA. USA E. L. Gaden, Charlottesville, VA, USA

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