Fibrous Proteins: Design, Synthesis, and Assembly (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781071615768)

Part I: Introduction to Fibrous Proteins

1. The Structure of Animal Silks

Wenwen Zhang and Yimin Fan

2. The Structure of Collagen

Chenxi Zhao, Yuelong Xiao, Shengjie Ling, Ying Pei, and Jing Ren

3. The Structure of Elastin

Yuelong Xiao, Shengjie Ling, and Ying Pei

4. The Structure of Resilin

Yuelong Xiao, Shengjie Ling, and Ying Pei

5. The Structure of Keratin

Wenwen Zhang and Yimin Fan

Part II: Methods in Synthesis of Fibrous Proteins

6. General Methods to Produce and Assemble Recombinant Spider Silk Proteins

Na Kong

7. Self-Assembly of Bombyx mori Silk Fibroin

Na Kong

8. Synthesis and Assembly of Recombinant Collagen

Chenxi Zhao, Yuelong Xiao, Shengjie Ling, Ying Pei, and Jing Ren

9. Recombination and Purification of Elastin-Like Polypeptides

Chenxi Zhao, Yuelong Xiao, Shengjie Ling, Ying Pei, and Jing Ren

10. Methods to Synthesize and Assemble Recombinant Keratins

Wenwen Zhang and Yimin Fan

11. Preparation of Amyloid Fibers Using Recombinant Technology

Wenwen Zhang and Yimin Fan

12. Molecular Biology Methods to Construct Recombinant Fibrous Protein

Jicong Zhang

Part III: Methods in Assembly of Fibrous Proteins

13. Isolation of Nanofibrils from Animal Silks

Ke Zheng

14. Gelation Methods to Assemble Fibrous Proteins

Ning Fan and Ke Zheng

15. Spinning Methods Used for The Construction of One- and Two-Dimensional Fibrous Protein Materials

Leitao Cao

16. Three-Dimensional Printing to Build Fibrous Protein Architectures

Huanhuan Qiao and Ke Zheng

Part IV: Methods in Characterization of Fibrous Proteins

17. The Methods of Using Synchrotron FTIR Microspectroscopy to Understand the Conformation of Single Animal Silk Fibers

Chao Ye, Leitao Cao, and Shengjie Ling

18. The Protocol of Using FTIR Imaging to Investigate Silk Fibroin-Based Materials

Jiajia Zhong, Xiaojie Zhou, Chao Ye, Wenjie Yu, and Yuzhao Tang

19. Secondary Structure Analysis of Single Silk Nanofibril through Infrared Nanospectroscopy

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Author: Shengjie Ling
ISBN-10: 1071615769
ISBN-13: 9781071615768
Publisher: Humana
Language: English
Published: 09/03/2022
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.58d