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Nanostructure Design

Methods and Protocols

  • Covers both experimental and computational protocols
  • Provides information about the design of the building blocks by experimental exploration of synthetic chemicals, biological prospects, and theoretical studies of the conformational space
  • Explores the characterization of the formed nanostructures by various biophysical techniques
  • Explains the application of the bionanostructures in various fields including biosensors, diagnostics, molecular imaging, and tissue-engineering
  • Contains readily reproducible, easy-to-use methods

Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology (MIMB, volume 474)

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Table of contents (12 protocols)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Experimental Approach

    1. Molecular Design of Performance Proteins With Repetitive Sequences

      • Charlotte Vendrely, Christian Ackerschott, Lin Römer, Thomas Scheibel
      Pages 3-14
    2. The Leucine Zipper as a Building Block for Self-Assembled Protein Fibers

      • Maxim G. Ryadnov, David Papapostolou, Derek N. Woolfson
      Pages 35-51
    3. Biomimetic Synthesis of Bimorphic Nanostructures

      • Joseph M. Slocik, Rajesh R. Naik
      Pages 53-60
  3. Computational Approach

    1. Protocols for the In Silico Design of RNA Nanostructures

      • Bruce A. Shapiro, Eckart Bindewald, Wojciech Kasprzak, Yaroslava Yingling
      Pages 93-115
    2. Self-Assembly of Fused Homo-Oligomers to Create Nanotubes

      • Idit Buch, Chung-Jung Tsai, Haim J. Wolfson, Ruth Nussinov
      Pages 117-131
    3. Computational Methods in Nanostructure Design

      • Giovanni Bellesia, Sotiria Lampoudi, Joan-Emma Shea
      Pages 133-151
    4. Modeling Amyloid Fibril Formation

      • Maarten G. Wolf, Jeroen van Gestel, Simon W. de Leeuw
      Pages 153-179
    5. Computer Modeling in Biotechnology

      • Aleksei Aksimentiev, Robert Brunner, Jordi Cohen, Jeffrey Comer, Eduardo Cruz-Chu, David Hardy et al.
      Pages 181-234
    6. What Can We Learn From Highly Connected ß-Rich Structures for Structural Interface Design?

      • Ugur Emekli, K. Gunasekaran, Ruth Nussinov, Turkan Haliloglu
      Pages 235-253
  4. Back Matter

    Pages 255-267

About this book

As one of the fastest growing fields of research in the 21st century, nanotechnology is sure to have an enormous impact on many aspects of our lives. Nanostructure Design: Methods and Protocols serves as a major reference for theoretical and experimental considerations in the design of biological and bio-inspired building blocks, the physical characterization of the formed structures, and the development of their technical applications. The chapters contributed by leading experts are divided into two sections, the first of which covers experimental aspects of nanostructure design and the second delves into computational methods. As a volume of the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biologyâ„¢ series, this collection pulls together cutting-edge protocols, written in a step-by-step, readily reproducible format certain to guide researchers to the desired results.

Comprehensive and essential, Nanostructure Design: Methods and Protocols uses biological principles and vehicles on design to aid scientists in the great challenges still ahead.

Reviews

From the reviews:

"The reviewed book, written by experts and active researchers, provides a well selected overview of the actual state-of-the-art of bionanotechnology. The book can be thus strongly recommended as a valuable help for those involved in research, teaching, learning and practice in this field." (Kazimierz L. Wierzchowski and Krzysztof Pawlowski, Acta Biochimica Polonica, Vol. 56 (2), 2009)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Molecular Biology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Ehud Gazit

  • Center for Cancer Research Nanobiology Program, SAIC-Frederick National Cancer Institute, Frederick

    Ruth Nussinov

  • Department of Human Genetics Medical School, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Ruth Nussinov

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Nanostructure Design

  • Book Subtitle: Methods and Protocols

  • Editors: Ehud Gazit, Ruth Nussinov

  • Series Title: Methods in Molecular Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-480-3

  • Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ

  • eBook Packages: Springer Protocols

  • Copyright Information: Humana Press 2008

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-934115-35-0Published: 05 August 2008

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-61737-932-1Published: 19 November 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-59745-480-3Published: 25 November 2008

  • Series ISSN: 1064-3745

  • Series E-ISSN: 1940-6029

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 267

  • Number of Illustrations: 72 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Biochemistry, general, Biotechnology, Nanotechnology

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.00
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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