CARBOHYDRATE BINDING MODULES: FUNCTIONS AND APPLICATIONS -- CARBOHYDRATE BINDING MODULES: FUNCTIONS AND APPLICATIONS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 2 THE CBM STORY -- Chapter 3 CBM CLASSIFICATION -- 3.1. CBM FAMILIES -- 3.1.1. Cellulosomes -- 3.2. CBM TYPES -- 3.2.1. Type A CBMs -- 3.2.2. Type B CBMs -- 3.2.3. Type C CBMs -- Chapter 4 CBMS AT WORK -- 4.1. THE PROXIMITY EFFECT -- 4.2. THE TARGETING EFFECT -- 4.3. THE DISRUPTIVE EFFECT -- 4.4. THE AVIDITY EFFECT -- Chapter 5 CBMS AND PHYSIOLOGIC FUNCTION -- 5.1. CBMS IN PROTEIN TURNOVER -- 5. 2. CBMS IN ENERGY BALANCE AND DISEASES -- 5.3. CBMS ROLES IN PLANT: GROWTH, DEFENSE AND DEGRADATION -- 5.3.1 CBMs Acting on Polysaccharides: Cellulose, Starch, Chitin -- 5.3.2. CBMs in Biomass Conversion -- 5. 4. PLANT DEVELOPMENT -- 5. 5. PLANT DEFENSE -- Chapter 6 CBMS APPLICATIONS -- 6.1. CBMS IN THE PAPER INDUSTRY -- 6.2. CBMS IN THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY -- 6.3. CBMS IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY -- 6.4. CBMS AS A MICROARRAY AND PROBING TOOL -- 6.5. CBMS AS A PROTEIN SOLUBILIZATION, PURIFICATION AND IMMOBILIZATION TOOL -- 6.6. CBMS AS BIOREMEDIATION TOOL -- 6.7. CBMS AS BIOMEDICAL TOOL -- Chapter 7 FUTURE PERSPECTIVES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.