Bacteriophages have been a model system to study assembly processes for over half a
century. Formation of infectious phage particles involves specific protein-protein and protein …

To facilitate microbial membrane invasion, amphiphilic α-helical antimicrobial peptides (α-
AMPs) show a spatial segregation of hydrophobic and hydrophilic residues about the α …

Biological membranes are complex and highly cooperative structures. To relate
biomembrane structure to their biological function it is often necessary to consider simpler …

Filamentous bacteriophages are interesting paradigms in structural molecular biology, in
part because of the unusual mechanism of filamentous phage assembly. During assembly …

Techniques for detecting chemicals dispersed at low concentrations in air continue to
evolve. These techniques can be applied not only to manage the quality of agricultural …

With the development of nanomedicine, a mass of nanocarriers have been exploited and
utilized for targeted drug delivery, including liposomes, polymers, nanoparticles, viruses …

The pharmaceutical use of bacteriophages as safe and inexpensive therapeutic tools is
collecting renewed interest. The use of lytic phages to fight antibiotic-resistant bacterial …

During recent decades, bacteriophages have been at the cutting edge of new developments
in molecular biology, biophysics, and, more recently, bionanotechnology. In particular …

The spread of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in the environment has aroused growing
concern for human health and ecological safety. Recent studies have confirmed that …

Nanoencapsulation of anticancer drugs improves their therapeutic indices by virtue of the
enhanced permeation and retention effect which achieves passive targeting of nanoparticles …