Viruses and Nanotechnology

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Manchester, Marianne (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Steinmetz, Nicole F. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Σειρά: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, 327
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Molecular biology.; Virology.; Medical laws and legislation.; Biomedicine.; Molecular Medicine.; Medical Law.

Nanobiotechnology involves the exploitation of biomaterials, devices or methodologies at the nanoscale. Virus particles are natural nanomaterials and have received particular attention as novel building blocks for materials design and fabrication. In this volume, leaders in the field of viral nanobi...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction: Marianne Manchester and Nicole F. Steinmetz
• Chapter 1: Chemical modification of viruses and virus-like particles by Erica Strable and M.G. Finn
• Chapter 2: Structure-based Engineering of an Icosahedral Virus for Nano-medicine and –technology by Nicole F. Steinmetz, Tianwei Lin, George P. Lomonossoff, and John E. Johnson
• Chapter 3: Hybrid Assembly of CPMV Viruses and Surface Characteristics of Different Mutants by Nathaniel G. Portney, Giuseppe Destito, Marianne Manchester, and Mihrimah Ozkan.-Chapter 4: A Library of Protein Cage Architectures as Nanomaterials by Michelle L. Flenniken, Masaki Uchida, Lars O. Liepold, Sebyung Kang, Mark J. Young, and Trevor Douglas
• Chapter 5: Biomedical nanotechnology using virus-based nanoparticles by Giuseppe Destito, Anette Schneemann, and Marianne Manchester
• Chapter 6: Tumor targeting using canine parvovirus nanoparticles by Pratik Singh
• Subject index.