NanoBiotechnology protocols / edited by Sandra J. Rosenthal and David W. Wright. -- (Methods in molecular biology ; v. 303). -- Humana Press, 2005. (58.17/M592/v.303)

Contents:

1. Applications of Quantum dots in biology : an Overview  1

2. Fluorommunoassays Using Antibody-conjugated quantum dots  13.

3. Labeling Cell-Surface Proteins Via antibody Quantum Dot Streptavidin conjugates  35

4. Peptide-Conjugated quantum dots: Imaging the Angiontensin Type 1 Receptor in living Cells  51

5. Quantum Dot-Encoded Beads  61

6. Use of nanobarcodes Particles in bioassays  73

7. Assembly and Characterization of Biomolecule-Glod Nanoparticle conjugates and their Use in Intracellular Imaging  85

8. Whole-Blood Immunoassay Facilitated by Gold Nanoshell-Conjugate Antibodies  101

9. Assays for Selection of Single-Chain Fragment Variable Recombinant antibodies to Metal nanoclusters  113

10. Surface-functionalized nanoparticles for controlles Durg Delivery  121

11. Screening of Combinatorial Peptide Libraries for Nanocluster Synthesis  133

12. Structural DNA Nanotechnology : An Overview  143

13, Nanostructured  DNA Templates  167

14. Probing DNA Structur With Nanoparticles  179

15. Synthetic Nanoscale Elements for Delivery of Materials Into Viable Cells  191

16. Real-time Cell Dynamics With a Multianalyte Physiometer  209