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Author Carnazza, Santina

Title Phage display as a tool for synthetic biology / Santina Carnazza and Salvatore Guglielmino
Published New York : Nova Science Publishers, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (ii, 79 pages)
Series Nanotechnology science and technology series
Nanotechnology science and technology series.
Contents Synthetic biology applications in nanobiotechnology -- The "never born proteins" -- Protein engineering and directed evolution -- In vitro and biological display technologies -- Phage display for directed molecular evolution -- Antibody phage -- Phage as bioselective probes -- Phage-derived nanomaterials -- Phage perspectives in nanobiotechnology
Summary Phage display can be considered as a practical realization of an artificial chemical evolution. As such, it is an useful tool for in vitro protein evolution, aimed to identifying new receptors and natural ligands for "orphan receptors", drug discovery (peptides might act as enzyme inhibitors and receptor agonists or antagonists, or otherwise modulate the enzyme/receptor's biological effect), "epitope discovery" (a new approach to disease diagnosis and vaccine development), design of DNA-binding proteins, source of new materials, antibody phage and recombinant phage probes, next-generation nano-electronics, targeted therapy, molecular imaging, gene delivery and phage-display vaccination. All this can be regarded as a kind of synthetic biology in that it involves the reshaping and redirecting of natural molecular systems, phage, typically using the tools of protein and genetic engineering.--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Bacteriophages.
Microbial biotechnology.
Synthetic biology.
Protein engineering.
Nanotechnology.
Bacteriophages
Biomimetic Materials -- chemical synthesis
Nanostructures
Nanotechnology
Protein Engineering
Synthetic Biology
SCIENCE -- Biotechnology.
Bacteriophages
Microbial biotechnology
Nanotechnology
Protein engineering
Synthetic biology
Form Electronic book
Author Guglielmino, Salvatore, 1950-
ISBN 9781617618253
161761825X