Table of Contents
1. Design of Phage-Displayed Cystine-Stabilized Mini-Protein Libraries for Proteinaceous Binder Engineering
Hung-Ju Chang and An-Suei Yang
2. Construction of a Filamentous Phage Display Peptide Library
Annette Fagerlund, Astrid Hilde Myrset, and Mari Ann Kulseth
3. Engineering Bio-Active Peptide-Based Therapeutic Molecules
Jong Sang Ryu, A. Yeon Cho, Sang Won Seo, and Hosung Min
4. T7 Lytic Phage-Displayed Peptide Libraries: Construction and Diversity Characterization
Lauren R.H. Krumpe and Toshiyuki Mori
5. Affinity Selection Using Filamentous Phage Display
Mari Ann Kulseth, Annette Fagerlund, and Astrid Hilde Myrset
6. Bioprospecting Open Reading Frames for Peptide Effectors
Ling Xiong and Charles Scott
7. Identification of Ideal Peptides for Heterovalent Ligands
Ajay Shrivastava, Matthew von Wronski, Michael F. Tweedle, and Adrian D. Nunn
8. Substrate Phage Display for Protease Substrate Sequence Characterization: Bovine Factor Xa as a Model System
Hung-Ju Hsu and An-Suei Yang
9. Engineering Peptide Therapeutics Using MIMETIBODY™ Technology
Kristen Picha, Chichi Huang, Peter Bugelski, and Karyn O’Neil
10. Evaluation of Peptides as Protease Inhibitors and Stimulators
Hannu Koistinen, Can Hekim, Ping Wu, Ale Närvänen, and Ulf-Håkan Stenman
11. Assessment of Antimicrobial (Host Defense) Peptides as Anti-Cancer Agents
Susan Douglas, David Hoskin, and Ashley Hilchie
12. Peptide Labelling Strategies for Imaging Agents
Tuulia Huhtala, Janne Weisell, Jussi Rytkönen, and Ale Närvänen
13. Peptide Optimization and Conjugation Strategies in the Development of Molecularly Targeted Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agents
Andrew F. Kolodziej, Zhaoda Zhang, Kirsten Overoye-Chan, Vincent Jacques, and Peter Caravan
14. Evaluation of Prenylated Peptides for Use in Cellular Imaging and Biochemical Analysis
Joshua D. Ochocki, Urule Igbavboa, W. Gibson Wood, Elizabeth V. Wattenberg, and Mark D. Distefano
15. Ultraviolet Absorption Spectroscopy of Peptides
Mangala R. Liyanage, Kunal Bakshi, David B. Volkin, and C. Russell Middaugh
16. Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Peptides
Mangala R. Liyanage, Kunal Bakshi, David B. Volkin, and C. Russell Middaugh
17. Circular Dichroism of Peptides
Kunal Bakshi, Mangala R. Liyanage, David B. Volkin, and C. Russell Middaugh
18. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy of Peptides
Kunal Bakshi, Mangala R. Liyanage, David B. Volkin, and C. Russell Middaugh
