Protein nanotechnology : protocols, instrumentation, and applications / edited by Tuan Vo-Dinh.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

880-01 Protein nanotechnology: the new frontier in biosciences / Tuan Vo-Dinh -- Kinetics and mechanisms of protein crystallization at the molecular level / Peter G. Vekilov -- Nanostructured systems for biological materials / Esther H. Lan, Bruce Dunn, and Jeffrey I. Zink -- Nanomaterials of drug delivery systems for tissue regeneration / Yasuhiko Tabata -- Nanotechnology with S-layer proteins / Bernard Schuster [and others] -- Folding of beta-structured fibrous proteins and self-assembling peptides / Anna Mitraki and Mark J. van Raaij -- Application of NMR methods to identify detection reagents for use in the development of robust nanosensors / Monique Cosman, V.V. Krishnan, and Rod Balhorn -- Studying 3-D sub-domains of proteins at the nanometer scale using fluorescence spectroscopy / Pierre M. Viallet and Tuan Vo-Dinh -- Carbon nanotubes and nanowires for biological sensing / Jun Li, Hou Tee Ng, and Hua Chen -- Carbon nanotube systems to communicate with enzymes / J. Justin Gooding and Joe G. Shapter -- Molecularly imprinted polymers for biomolecular recognition / Alexandra Molinelli, Markus Janotta, and Boris Mizaikoff -- Plasmonics-based nanotructures for surface-enhanced raman scattering bioanalysis / Tuan Vo-Dinh, Fei Yan, and David L. Stokes -- Bacterial virus phi29 DNA-packaging motor and its potential applications in gene therapy and nanotechnology / Peixuan Guo -- Construction of ordered protein arrays / Jarrod Clark [and others] -- Nano-assemblies of DNA-protein systems / W. Boireau, A.C. Duncan, and Denis Pompon -- Nanosystems for biosensing / Eiichi Tamiya [and others] -- Optical nanosensors for detecting proteins and biomarkers in individual living cells / Tuan Vo-Dinh -- Nanoelectrodes integrated in AFM cantilevers for in situ enzyme activity imaging / Angelika Kueng [and others] -- Protein amyloidose folding / Nigil Satish, Ajit Sadana, and Tuan Vo-Dinh -- Near-field scanning optical microscopy for bioanalysis at the nanometer resolution / Musundi B. Wabuyele [and others].

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Rapidly emerging at the intersection of nanotechnology, materials science, and molecular biology, the field of nanobiotechnology promises to elucidate many life processes at the molecular-level previously invisible to human inquiry, and thereby dramatically to transform diagnostics, therapy, and drug discovery in this postgenomic world. In Protein Nanotechnology: Protocols, Instrumentation, and Applications, leading experts in nanobiotechnology comprehensively review the most recent advances in instrumentation and methodology, as well as their applications in genomics and proteomics. The authors provide a wide variety of techniques and methods for dealing with protein functions and structures at the nanoscale level, including nanostructured systems, nanomaterials, carbon nanotubes and nanowires, optical nanosensors, and nanoelectrodes. Among the highlights are techniques for the in vivo tracking of biochemical processes using fluorescent molecular probes and nanosensors, and the exploration of biochemical processes and submicroscopic structures of living cells at unprecedented resolutions using near-field optics. Also discussed is the development of nanocarrier methodology for the targeted delivery of drugs whose shells are conjugated with antibodies for targeting specific antigens. The protocols follow the successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, each offering step-by-step laboratory instructions, an introduction outlining the principle behind the technique, lists of the necessary equipment and reagents, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls. Comprehensive and authoritative, Protein Nanotechnology: Protocols, Instrumentation, and Applications provides investigators a wide variety of readily reproducible techniques and methods for exploring both protein functions and structures at the nanoscale level and their powerful new biological and medical applications.

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