Viruses and Nanotechnology
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Richard W Compans
- ناشر : Berlin [u.a.] Springer
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2009
- شابک / ISBN : 9783540693796
Description
Contents: 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.
Summary: Viral nanoparticles (VNPs) serve as excellent nanobuilding blocks for materials design and fabrication. This volume describes the unprecedented opportunities to capitalize on the vast knowledge of virus particles and their physical and material properties.
