Natural Biological Assembly at the Nanometric Scale
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