Charmaine D. Wilson

TL;DR: In this article, different mutants of Cowpea Mosaic Virus (CPMV) have been used as scaffolds to bind 2 and 5 nm gold nanoparticles through gold−sulfur bond formation at specific locations on the virus.

TL;DR: Using cowpea mosaic virus, modified to express cysteine residues on the capsid exterior, gold nanoparticles were attached to the viral scaffold to produce specific interparticle distances, resulting in a 3D spherical conductive network.

TL;DR: Short, histidine-containing peptides can be conjugated to lysine-containing protein scaffolds to controllably attach quantum dots (QDs) to the scaffold, allowing for generic attachment of quantum dots to any protein without the use of specially engineered domains.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that binding avidin to the biotin receptors on the self-assembled nanosensors causes a significant change in the network conductance that is dependent on the charge of the avidin protein.

TL;DR: A purification process was developed to separate the gold‐containing viral nanoblocks (VNBs) from the free gold and it was demonstrated that the virus was recovered intact.