**Meet the editor**

Mahmood-ur-Rahman Ansari received his BS degree (2003) in Plant Breeding and Genetics from the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan, and MPhil Degree (2006) and PhD Degree (2011) in Molecular Biology from National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. He has been a visiting fellow for 1 year in National Institute

of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, USA. Currently, he is an assistant professor of Molecular Biology in the Department of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, GC University, Faisalabad, Pakistan. He is also working as in charge of Molecular Biology Section, Central Hi-Tech Laboratory of the University. He has published over 40 papers in international peer-reviewed journals in the field of Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, and Bioinformatics. He is a member of various national and international professional societies and editorial board member/reviewer of numerous peer-reviewed journals. He is a founding member and member of Board of Directors of the Pakistan Society for Computational Biology (PSCB) since 2012. He also served as the General Secretary of PSCB from 2014 to 2016 for one term. He has been conducting research to understand the molecular mechanisms of stress tolerance in plants. He is interested to study protein-protein interactions of stress-tolerant proteins.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**and Assays 3**

Fuentes Manuel

**Isoforms 67**

**Modified Crops 47**

**Section 2 Protein-Protein Interaction Assays 9**

Chapter 1 **Introductory Chapter: Protein-Protein Interactions**

Chapter 2 **A Novel Protein-Protein Interaction Assay Based on the**

**Split Structure Versus Divided Reaction 11** Yuki Ohmuro-Matsuyama and Hiroshi Ueda

Chapter 3 **Protein Interactions and Nanomaterials: A Key Role of the Protein Corona in Nanobiocompatibility 29**

Chapter 4 **Protein-Based Detection Methods for Genetically**

Munazza Ijaz, Mahmood-ur-Rahman Ansari and Muhammad Iqbal

**Functional Complementation of Mutant Firefly Luciferases:**

Micaelo Ânia , Rodriguez Emilio , Millan Angel , Gongora Rafael and

Nunzia Migliaccio, Gennaro Sanità, Immacolata Ruggiero, Nicola M. Martucci, Carmen Sanges, Emilia Rippa, Vincenzo Quagliariello,

Kausar Malik, Haleema Sadia and Muhammad Hamza Basit

Chapter 5 **Cellular Interaction of Human Eukaryotic Elongation Factor 1A**

Ferdinando Papale, Paolo Arcari and Annalisa Lamberti

**Section 1 Introduction 1**
