Nanotechnology Tools for the Study of RNA

This volume of Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science introduces emerging strategies of studying RNA structure and function using nanotechnological tools. The volume aims to provide the readers with a novel view and give them opportunities to think about how to incorporate the new technologies into their own research.

This book informs and updates on strategies to take advantages of nanotechnological tools to answer to fundamental questions in RNA scienceCollection of reviews written by the leading scientists from the fieldThe book covers a range of topics, from single molecule analyses using nanomaterials to gene regulation using RNA nanostructures

1. Probing the Translation Dynamics of Ribosomes Using Zero-Mode Waveguides Albert Tsai, Joseph D. Puglisi and Sotaro Uemura 2. –1 Programmed Ribosomal Frameshifting as a Force-Dependent Process Koen Visscher 3. Studies of RNA Sequence and Structure Using Nanopores Robert Y. Henley, Spencer Carson and Meni Wanunu 4. Photocontrolled Intracellular RNA Delivery Using Nanoparticles or Carrier-Photosensitizer Conjugates Kazunori Watanabe and Takashi Ohtsuki 5. RNA Study Using DNA Nanotechnology Hisashi Tadakuma, Takeya Masubuchi and Takuya Ueda 6. RNA and RNP as Building Blocks for Nanotechnology and Synthetic Biology Hirohisa Ohno and Hirohide Saito