NanoBioTechnology: BioInspired Devices and Materials of the Future

Table of contents:PrefaceA. Introduction1. Nanobiotechnology Overview by Oded Shoseyov and Ilan LevyB. Biotemplating2. Experimental Strategies Towards the Use of the Porin MspA as aNanotemplate and for Biosensors by Stefan H. Bossmann, KatharineJanik, Megh Raj Pokhrel, and Michael Niederweis3. Bionanotechnology and Bonanoscience of Artificial Bioassemblies bySteven S. Smith and Katarzyna Lamparska-Kupsik4. Genetically Engineered S-Layer Proteins and S-Layer-SpecificHeteropolysaccharides as Components of a Versatile MolecularConstruction Kit for Applications in Nanobiotechnology by Margit Sára,Eva-Maria Egelseer, Dietmar Pum, Bernhard Schuster, and Uwe B. SleytrC. Bionanoelectronics and Nanocomputing5. Photoinduced Electron Transport in DNA: Towards Electronic DevicesBased on DNA Architecture by Hans-Achim Wagenknecht6. Effective Models for Charge Transport in DNA Nanowires by RafaelGutierrez and Gianaurelio Cuniberti7. Optimizing Photoactive Proteins for Optoelectronic Environments byUsing Directed Evolution by Jason R. Hillebrecht, Jeremy F.Koscielecki, Kevin J. Wise, Mark P. Krebs, Jeffrey A. Stuart, andRobert R. Birge8. DNA-Based Nanoelectronics by Rosa Di Felice and Danny Porath9. Electrical Manipulation of DNA on Metal Surfaces by Marc Tornow,Kenji Arinaga, and Ulrich Rant10. Nanocomputing by Jennifer Sager, Joseph Farfel, and Darko Stefanovic11. Biomolecular Automata by Natasa JonoskaD. Nanomedicine, Nanopharmaceuticals and Nanosensing12. Nanomedicine by Kewal K. Jain13. Nano-Sized Carriers for Drug Delivery by Sanjeeb K. Sahoo, Tapan K.Jain, Maram K. Reddy, and Vinod Labhasetwar14. Gene and Drug Delivery System with Soluble Inorganic Carriers byJin-Ho Choy and Man Park15. Molecules, Cells, Materials and Systems Design Based onNano-Biotechnology for Use in Bioanalytical Technology byTetsuyaHaruyamaE. De-Novo Designed Structures16. Self-Assembly of Short Peptides for Nanotechnological Applicationsby Ehud Gazit17. Nanotube Membranes for Biotechnology by Lane A. Baker and CharlesR. Martin18. Engineering a Molecular Railroad by Russell J. Stewart and LorenLimberis19. Water-based Nanotechnology: What if we could dope water? by AndreasKage and Eran Gabbai