Applied enzymology, advances

The same facts apply to biodegradative processes Five years ago, little was known about the enzymology of lignin biodegradation, and the molecular biology of cellulases was in its infancy. Advances have since been made in leaps and bounds these advances are fully discussed within this volume. 

The present index volume largely follows the model used successfully for the Methods in Enzymology series published by Academic Press, and the cumulative subject index has been compiled directly from subject indexes in the individual volumes. It is recognized that a lack of total uniformity is inevitable as a consequence of unevenness in some of the indexes, and most importantly, from the progress that has been made toward imiformity in carbohydrate nomenclature. Current nomenclature recommendations are recorded in the 1996 document Nomenclature of Carbohydrates, issued by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry and the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, which has been published in Volume 52 of Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biochemistry. 

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