Microbe‐mediated extracellular and intracellular mineralization: environmental, industrial, and biotechnological applications

W Qin, C Wang, Y Ma, M Shen, J Li, K Jiao… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Microbe‐mediated mineralization is ubiquitous in nature, involving bacteria, fungi, viruses,
and algae. These mineralization processes comprise calcification, silicification, and iron …

Plant molecular farming of virus‐like nanoparticles as vaccines and reagents

EP Rybicki - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Nanomedicine …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The use of plants for the production of virus‐like nanoparticles (VNPs) dates back to
separating natural empty capsids of plant viruses from whole virions nearly 70 years ago …

The impact of aspect ratio on the biodistribution and tumor homing of rigid soft‐matter nanorods

S Shukla, FJ Eber, AS Nagarajan… - Advanced …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The size and shape of nanocarriers can affect their fate in vivo, but little is known about the
effect of nanocarrier aspect ratio on biodistribution in the setting of cancer imaging and drug …

Tobacco mosaic virus delivery of phenanthriplatin for cancer therapy

AE Czapar, YR Zheng, IA Riddell, S Shukla… - ACS …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Phenanthriplatin, cis-[Pt (NH3) 2Cl (phenanthridine)](NO3), is a cationic monofunctional
DNA-binding platinum (II) anticancer drug candidate with unusual potency and cellular …

Template‐directed synthesis of porous and protective core–shell bionanoparticles

S Li, M Dharmarwardana, RP Welch… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are promising high surface area coordination polymers
with tunable pore structures and functionality; however, a lack of good size and …

Plant viruses and bacteriophages for drug delivery in medicine and biotechnology

AE Czapar, NF Steinmetz - Current opinion in chemical biology, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Plant viruses and bacteriophages can be regarded as natural nanoparticles.•Viral
nanoparticles are utilized in nanotechnology targeting diverse applications.•Viral capsids …

Probing macroscopic quantum superpositions with nanorotors

BA Stickler, B Papendell, S Kuhn… - New Journal of …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Whether quantum physics is universally valid is an open question with far-reaching
implications. Intense research is therefore invested into testing the quantum superposition …

The plant viruses and molecular farming: how beneficial they might be for human and animal health?

G Zahmanova, AA Aljabali, K Takova, V Toneva… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Plant viruses have traditionally been studied as pathogens in the context of understanding
the molecular and cellular mechanisms of a particular disease affecting crops. In recent …

The coupling of rotational and translational dynamics for rapid diffusion of nanorods in macromolecular networks

B Xue, Y Liu, Y Tian, P Yin - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
The rod-like viruses show anomalously rapid diffusion in bio-tissue networks originated from
the rotation-facilitated transportation; however, the experimental investigation of the …

In situ vaccination with cowpea vs tobacco mosaic virus against melanoma

AA Murray, C Wang, S Fiering… - Molecular …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Cancer immunotherapy approaches have emerged as novel treatment regimens against
cancer. A particularly interesting avenue is the concept of in situ vaccination, where …