PREFACE	5
	CONTENTS	7
	CONTRIBUTORS	9
	I INTRODUCTION	12
	Nanobiotechnology Overview	13
	II BIOTEMPLATING	26
	Experimental Strategies Toward the Use of the Porin MspA as a Nanotemplate and for Biosensors	27
	Bionanotechnology and Bionanoscience of Artificial Bioassemblies	48
	Genetically Engineered S-Layer Proteins and S- Layer- Specific Heteropolysaccharides as Components of a Versatile Molecular Construction Kit for Applications in Nanobiotechnology	61
	III BIONANOELECTRONICS AND NANOCOMPUTING	93
	Photoinduced Electron Transport in DNA	94
	Effective Models for Charge Transport in DNA Nanowires	112
	Optimizing Photoactive Proteins for Optoelectronic Environments by Using Directed Evolution	125
	DNA-Based Nanoelectronics	145
	Electrical Manipulation of DNA on Metal Surfaces	190
	Nanocomputing	218
	Biomolecular Automata	269
	IV NANOMEDICINE, NANOPHARMACEUTICALS, AND NANOSENSING	302
	Nanomedicine	303
	Nano-Sized Carriers for Drug Delivery	328
	Gene and Drug Delivery System with Soluble Inorganic Carriers	348
	Molecules, Cells, Materials, and Systems Design Based on Nanobiotechnology Use in Bioanalytical Technology	367
	Self-Assembly of Short Peptides for Nanotechnological Applications	382
	Nanotube Membranes for Biotechnology	393
	Engineering a Molecular Railroad	428
	Water-Based Nanotechnology	455
	Index	468