Viral nanotechnology

Content: Preface Editors Contributors Introduction Introduction to Capsid Architecture Kaspars Tars Self-Assembling Virus-like and Virus-Unlike Particles Adam Zlotnick, Samson Francis, Lye Siang Lee, and Joseph Che-Yen Wang Electron Cryomicroscopy and Image Reconstruction of Viral Nanoparticles Bettina Bottcher X-Ray Analysis of Viral Nanoparticles Kaspars Tars Computational Methods for Engineering Protein 3D Nanoobjects James Lara and Xiaojun Xu Viral Nanoparticles: Principles of Construction and Characterization Andris Zeltins Immunology of Virus-like Particles Martin F. Bachmann and Franziska Zabel Nanomedicine: General Considerations and Examples Kenza Snoussi and Michael Kann Virus-like Particles: A Versatile Tool for Basic and Applied Research on Emerging and Reemerging Viruses Sandra Diederich, Alma Gedvilaite, Aurelija Zvirbliene, Andris Kazaks, Kestutis Sasnauskas, Nicholas Johnson, and Rainer G. Ulrich Virus-like Particles Derived from Hepatitis Viruses Wolfram H. Gerlich History and Potential of Hepatitis B Virus Core as a VLP Vaccine Platform Hadrien Peyret, Sam Stephen, Nicola J. Stonehouse, and David J. Rowlands SplitCore: Advanced Nanoparticulate Molecular Presentation Platform Based on the Hepatitis B Virus Capsid Philipp Kolb, Thi Thai An Nguyen, Andreas Walker, and Michael Nassal Use of VLPs in the Design of Malaria Vaccines David Whitacre, Diego Espinosa, Darrell Peterson, Fidel Zavala, and David Milich Use of HBcAg as an Adjuvant in DNA-Based Vaccines: An Unexpected Journey Matti Sallberg Bacteriophage Virus-like Particles as a Platform for Vaccine Discovery Bryce Chackerian and David S. Peabody Production of Virus-like Particles in Plants Pooja Saxena and George P. Lomonossoff Bionanomaterials from Plant Viruses Alaa A.A. Aljabali and David J. Evans Assembly of Bluetongue Virus-like Particle: Multiprotein Complex and Its Use as Vaccine Avnish Patel and Polly Roy Virus-like Particles Based on Polyomaviruses and Human Papillomaviruses as Vectors for Vaccines, Preventive and Therapeutic Immunotherapy, and Gene Delivery Tina Dalianis Applications of Viral Nanoparticles Based on Polyomavirus and Papillomavirus Structures Jirina Suchanova, Hana Spanielova, and Jitka Forstova Nanoparticles of Norovirus Ming Tan and Xi Jiang Virus-like Particle Enzyme Encapsulation: Confined Catalysis and Metabolic Materials Benjamin Schwarz, Dustin Patterson, and Trevor Douglas Principles of Design of Virus Nanoparticles for Imaging Applications Irina Tsvetkova and Bogdan Dragnea Enveloped Viruses with Single-Stranded Negative RNA Genome as Objects and Subjects of VLP Nanotechnology Peter Pushko and Paul Pumpens Traditional and Novel Trends in Influenza Vaccines Peter Pushko and Terrence M. Tumpey Retrovirus-Derived Virus-like Particles Bertrand Bellier, Charlotte Dalba, and David Klatzmann Cancer Therapy Applying Viral Nanoparticles Kenneth Lundstrom Alphaviral Vectors for Cancer Treatment Anna Zajakina, Jelena Vasilevska, Tatjana Kozlovska, and Kenneth Lundstrom Synthetic Virus-like Particles in Vaccine Design Arin Ghasparian and John A. Robinson Index