Virus hybrids as nanomaterials for biotechnology

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 426-438

  Soto, Carissa M ^a   Ratna, Banahalli R ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO-CONJUGATION; BIONANOTECHNOLOGY; BIOSENSING; COWPEA CHLOROTIC MOTTLE VIRUS; COWPEA MOSAIC VIRUS; INORGANIC MOLECULES; LIGHT-HARVESTING SYSTEMS; M13 BACTERIOPHAGE; MEMORY DEVICE; NANO-MATERIALS; NANOBATTERIES; NANOCIRCUITS; PROTEIN CAGES; SPHERICAL VIRUS; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS; VIRUS CAPSID;

AMINO ACIDS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; ORGANIC ACIDS;

VIRUSES;

MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD; NANOCAGE; NANOMATERIAL;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIOPHAGE M13; BIOMIMETICS; BIOSENSOR; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONJUGATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; MAIZE CHLOROTIC MOTTLE; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MOSAIC VIRUS; NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY; NANODEVICE; NANOFABRICATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL MODEL; PLANT VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS HYBRID; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; VIRUS PARTICLE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURES; VIRUSES;

COWPEA CHLOROTIC MOTTLE VIRUS; COWPEA MOSAIC VIRUS; MIRIDAE; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 77956651527     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2010.07.004     Document Type: Review

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