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Natural Biological Assembly at the Nanometric Scale

      https://doi.org/10.1142/9781848169319_0003Cited by:0 (Source: Crossref)
      Abstract:

      The following sections are included:

      • The Process of Self-Assembly and Self-Organization in Biology

      • Organization of Bacterial S-Layers

      • Self-Organization of Viruses

      • Self-Organization of Phospholipid Membranes

      • Fibrillar Cytoskeleton Assemblies

      • Nucleic Acids: The Genetic Information Media and a Template for Nanotechnological Applications

      • Oligosaccharides and Polysaccharides: Another Class of Biological Polymers

      • Amyloid Fibrils as Self-Assembled Nano-Scale Bio-Assemblies

      • Silk: Natural Fibrillar Supramolecular Protein Assembly

      • Ribosome: The Protein Assembly Line Instrument

      • Other Complex Machines in the Genetic Code Expression

      • Protein Quality-Control Machinery: The Proteasome

      • Biological Nano-Motors: Kinesin and Dynein

      • Other Nano-Motors: Flagella and Cilia

      • Ion Channels: Nano-Pores of High Specificity