Protein Cages: Methods and Protocols (Hardcover, 2015)

1. Encapsulation of Nanoparticles in Virus Protein Shells Irina B. Tsvetkova and Bogdan G. Dragnea 2. Use of Protein Cages as a Template for Confined Synthesis of Inorganic and Organic Nanoparticles Masaki Uchida, Shefah Qazi, Ethan Edwards, and Trevor Douglas 3. Ferritin Encapsulation and Templated Synthesis of Inorganic Nanoparticles Katherine W. Pulsipher and Ivan J. Dmochowski 4. Determining the Relaxivity Values of Protein Cage-Templated Nanoparticles Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging Barindra Sana and Sierin Lim 5. Computationally Assisted Engineering of Protein Cages Maziar S. Ardejani and Brendan P. Orner 6. Recombinant Expression and Purification of "Virus-Like" Bacterial Encapsulin Protein Cages W. Frederik Rurup, Jeroen J.L.M. Cornelissen, and Melissa S.T. Koay 7. Production of Bacterial Microcompartments Jonathan K. Lassila 8. Detection of Protein Cage Assembly With Bis-Arsenic Fluorescent Probes Thomas A. Cornell and Brendan P. Orner 9. Determining the Role of Metal Binding in Protein Cage Assembly Anne Grove, Ambuj K. Kushwaha, and Khoa H. Nguyen 10. Differential Scanning Calorimetry to Quantify the Stability of Protein Cages Yu Zhang and Maziar S. Ardejani 11. Material Properties of Viral Nanocages Explored by Atomic Force Microscopy Mariska G.M. van Rosmalen, Wouter H. Roos, and Gijs J.L. Wuite 12. Computational Mechanics of Viral Capsids Melissa M. Gibbons, Luigi E. Perotti, and William S. Klug