Fibrous Proteins will give an overview over some of the most important fibrous proteins including amyloids, collagens, fibrin, flagella, intermediate filaments, microtubules, silks concerning structure and function and possible applications as biomaterials. While our knowledge on globular proteins has been increasing over the past decades, fibrillar proteins have not entered center stage until recently. In general, research of fibrillar proteins has developed in recent years into a very exciting one. New technologies have drastically increased the accessibility and analysis of fibrillar proteins in the past years. With this book we draw attention to this highly fascinating topic of protein science. The book is aimed for an audience of graduate students and scientists and will provide the opportunity to highlight the field of fibrous proteins.

Protein research continues to be an intriguing area of research: the field spans the range from quantum to system, and requires some knowledge of not only the biological, but the physical sciences as well. Increasingly, familiarity with computational methods and statistics is becoming more important and receiving more recognition in the masses of accumulated data. This book provides outlines of basic themes in the field of protein folding, as well as some rudimentary expositions which can function as a basis for further exploration.