Protein nanotechnology : protocols, instrumentation, and applications / edited by Tuan Vo-Dinh. -- (Methods in molecular biology ; v. 300). -- Humana Press, 2005. -- (58.17/M592/v.300)

Contents:

1. Protein Nanotechnology: The New Frontier in biosciences  1

2. Kinetics and Mechanisms of Protein Crystallization at the Molecular level  15

3. Nanostructured systems for Biological materials  53

4. Nanomaterials of Drug, Delivery Systems fot Tissue Regeneration  81

5. Nanotechnology With S-Layer Proteins  101

6. Folding of B-Structured fibrous Proteins and Self-Assembling Peptides  125

7. Application of NMR Methods to Identify Detection Reagents for Use in Development of Robust Nanosensors  141

8. Studying 3D Subdomains of Proteins at the Nanometer Scale Using Fluorescence Spectroscopy  165

9. Carbon nanotubes and Nanowires for Biological Sensing  191

10. Carbon Nanotube Systems to Communicate With Enzymes  225

11.Molecularly Imprinted Polymers for Biomolecular Recognition  243

12. Plasmonics-Based Nanostructures for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering bioanalysis   255

13. Bacterial Virus  φ29 DNA-Packaging Motor Its Potential Applications in Gene therapy and Nanotechnology  285

14. Construction of Ordered Protein Arrays  325

15. Bioengineering and Characterization of DNA-Protein Assemblies Floating on Supported membranes  349

16. Nanosystems for Biosensing: Multianalyte Immunoassay on a Protein Chip  369

17. Optical Nanosensors for Detecting Proteins and Biomarkers in Individual Living Cells  383

18. Nanoelectrodes Integrated in Atomic Force Microscopy Cantilevers for Imaging of In situ Enzymes Activity  403

19. Protein amyloidose Misfolding: Mechanisms, Detection, and Pathological Implications  417

20. Near-field Scanning Optical Microscopy for Bioanalysis at Nanometer Resolution  437