Protein Nanotechnology: Protocols, Instrumentation, And Applications
Protein Nanotechnology: Protocols, Instrumentation, And Applications
edited by Tuan Vo-Dinh
Humana Press | ISBN 1588293106 | 2005 | PDF | 452 pages | 6.4 MB
edited by Tuan Vo-Dinh
Humana Press | ISBN 1588293106 | 2005 | PDF | 452 pages | 6.4 MB
Leading experts in nanobiotechnology comprehensively review the most recent advances in instrumentation and methodology, as well as their applications in genomics and proteomics. The authors provide a wide variety of techniques and methods for dealing with protein functions and structures at the nanoscale level, including nanostructured systems, nanomaterials, carbon nanotubes and nanowires, optical nanosensors, and nanoelectrodes. Among the highlights are techniques for the in vivo tracking of biochemical processes using fluorescent molecular probes and nanosensors, and the exploration of biochemical processes and submicroscopic structures of living cells at unprecedented resolutions using near-field optics. Also discussed is the development of nanocarrier methodology for the targeted delivery of drugs whose shells are conjugated with antibodies for targeting specific antigens.