Biological containers: protein cages as multifunctional nanoplatforms

M Uchida, MT Klem, M Allen, P Suci… - Advanced …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Materials scientists increasingly draw inspiration from the study of how biological systems
fabricate materials under mild synthetic conditions by using self‐assembled macromolecular …

The art of engineering viral nanoparticles

JK Pokorski, NF Steinmetz - Molecular pharmaceutics, 2011 - ACS Publications
Viral nanotechnology is an emerging and highly interdisciplinary field in which viral
nanoparticles (VNPs) are applied in diverse areas such as electronics, energy and next …

Selective and responsive nanoreactors

K Renggli, P Baumann, K Langowska… - Advanced Functional …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Chemical reactions can be confined to nanoscale compartments by encapsulating catalysts
in hollow nanoobjects. Such reaction compartments effectively become nanoreactors when …

Plant viruses as biotemplates for materials and their use in nanotechnology

M Young, W Debbie, M Uchida… - Annu. Rev …, 2008 - annualreviews.org
In recent years, plant virus capsids, the protein shells that form the surface of a typical plant
virus particle, have emerged as useful biotemplates for material synthesis. All virus capsids …

Controlling supramolecular polymerization through multicomponent self‐assembly

P Besenius - Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The self‐assembly into supramolecular polymers is a process driven by reversible non‐
covalent interactions between monomers, and gives access to materials applications …

Virus engineering: functionalization and stabilization

MG Mateu - Protein Engineering, Design & Selection, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Chemically and/or genetically engineered viruses, viral capsids and viral-like particles carry
the promise of important and diverse applications in biomedicine, biotechnology and …

Chemical modification of viruses and virus-like particles

E Strable, MG Finn - Viruses and Nanotechnology, 2009 - Springer
Protein capsids derived from viruses may be modified by methods, generated, isolated, and
purified on large scales with relative ease. In recent years, methods for their chemical …

Virus hybrids as nanomaterials for biotechnology

CM Soto, BR Ratna - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2010 - Elsevier
The current review describes advances in the field of bionanotechnology in which viruses
are used to fabricate nanomaterials. Viruses are introduced as protein cages, scaffolds, and …

Virus-like particles templated by DNA micelles: a general method for loading virus nanocarriers

M Kwak, IJ Minten, DM Anaya, AJ Musser… - Journal of the …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Virus-like Particles Templated by DNA Micelles: A General Method for Loading Virus
Nanocarriers | Journal of the American Chemical Society Recently Viewedclose modal ACS …

Synthesis and application of virus‐based hybrid nanomaterials

SY Lee, JS Lim, MT Harris - Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
A virus is a nanoscaled biomolecular substance composed of genes, protecting capsid
proteins, and envelopes. The nanoscale dimensions and surface functionalities of virions …