ß-barrel Channel Proteins as Tools in Nanotechnology Biology, Basic Science and Advanced Applications /

• Main Authors: Fioroni, Marco (Author), Dworeck, Tamara (Author), Rodriguez-Ropero, Francisco (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 794
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Gene expression.; Biotechnology.; Bioinformatics.; Proteins.; Life Sciences.; Protein Structure.; Gene Expression.; Computational Biology/Bioinformatics.

b-barrel outer membrane channel proteins (OMP) have great potential as robust and flexible models or components in nanotechnology. Over the last decade biotechnological techniques allowed to expand the natural characteristics of OMPs by modifying their geometry and properties without affecting the o...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction
• Biology
• Biophysical Characterization
• Theoretical Considerations and Computational Tools
• Biotechnology
• Technological Applications
• Final Considerations. Index.