Microheterogeneity and microrheology of wheat gliadin suspensions studied by multiple-particle tracking.

abstract：:l-Proline is the only, out of 20 essential, amino acid that contains a cyclized substituted α-amino group (is formally an imino acid), which restricts its conformational shape. The synthesis of well-defined homo- and copolymers of l-proline has been plagued either by the low purity of the monomer or the inability of m...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Gkikas M,Iatrou H,Thomaidis NS,Alexandridis P,Hadjichristidis N

更新日期：2011-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A combination of chemo-photodynamic therapy has been manifested as a promising strategy for efficient cancer treatment due to the enhanced therapeutic efficacy. Here, we designed doxorubicin (DOX)-loaded photoresponsive micelles (DPRMs) based on a combination of chlorin e6 (Ce6) and lipoic acid (LA) conjugated methoxy...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Kim DH,Hwang HS,Na K

更新日期：2018-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The thermally induced aggregation of bovine β-lactoglobulin in the glass state was studied both as the pure protein and in trehalose mixtures. Calorimetric measurements and size exclusion chromatography were used to characterize the glass state and aggregation, respectively. The initial aggregation rate was characteri...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Pérez-Moral N,Adnet C,Noel TR,Parker R

更新日期：2010-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycations often suffer from the irreconcilable inconsistency between transfection efficiency and toxicity. Polymers with high molecular weight (MW) and cationic charge feature potent gene delivery capabilities, while in the meantime suffer from strong chemotoxicity, restricted intracellular DNA release, and low stab...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： He H,Bai Y,Wang J,Deng Q,Zhu L,Meng F,Zhong Z,Yin L

更新日期：2015-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The antiproliferative activity of alkylated heparin, in which the terminal end of heparin is derivatized with an alkyl group (butyl, octyl, lauryl, stearyl), was examined using vascular smooth muscle cells. The proliferation of cells, which were growth-arrested prior to addition of heparin, was inhibited in proportion...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Gohda M,Magoshi T,Kato S,Noguchi T,Yasuda S,Nonogi H,Matsuda T

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cellulose macromonomer, N-(15-methacryloyloxypentadecanoyl)-tri-O-acetyl-beta-cellulosylamine (CTA-C15-MA (2); M(2)) with number averaged degree of polymerization (DP(n)) = 13), was copolymerized with methyl methacrylate (MMA; M(1)) to give cellulosic copolymer with CTA side chains, PMMA-g-(CTA-C15) (3-A). An absolu...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Enomoto-Rogers Y,Kamitakahara H,Takano T,Nakatsubo F

更新日期：2009-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A strategy to manipulate the disulfide bond breaking triggered unfolding, and subsequently assembly of human serum albumin (HSA) in a lipophilic drug-dependent manner is present. In this study, the hydrophobic region, a molecular switch of the HSA, was regulated to form HSA-paclitaxel (HSA-PTX) nanoparticles by a faci...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Gong G,Xu Y,Zhou Y,Meng Z,Ren G,Zhao Y,Zhang X,Wu J,Hu Y

更新日期：2012-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumorigenic cell behaviors can be suppressed or enhanced by their physicochemical environment. As a first step toward developing materials that allow tumorigenic behaviors to be observed and manipulated, we cultured related MCF10 breast cell lines on fibers composed of the Drosophila protein Ultrabithorax (Ubx). These...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Hsiao HC,Santos A,Howell DW,Patterson JL,Fuchs-Young RS,Bondos SE

更新日期：2016-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial biofilms are ubiquitous in nature, and they pose a serious threat to public health. Staphylococcus epidermidis is the most common clinical isolate from healthcare- and medical device-related biofilm infections. No antibiotic currently on the market can eradicate pathogenic biofilms, which contain complex def...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Lam AK,Wouters CL,Moen EL,Pusavat J,Rice CV

更新日期：2019-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of moisture content and temperature on water diffusion into a modified high amylose (< or = 90%) maize thermoplastic starch blend was investigated. Gravimetric and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies were conducted to elucidate the diffusion mechanism and diffusion coefficients for this system. The dif...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Russo MA,Strounina E,Waret M,Nicholson T,Truss R,Halley PJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymer therapeutics, including polymeric drugs and polymer-protein conjugates, are clinically established as first-generation nanomedicines. Knowing that the coiled-coil peptide motif is fundamentally important in the regulation of many cellular and pathological processes, the aim of these studies was to examine the ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Deacon SP,Apostolovic B,Carbajo RJ,Schott AK,Beck K,Vicent MJ,Pineda-Lucena A,Klok HA,Duncan R

更新日期：2011-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The manufacture of biodegradable materials from agricultural sources is a real challenge, because of environmental concerns and the need to make full use of resources. Cottonseed is an important protein source that could be used in nonfood applications, as a substitute for synthetic polymers. For the first time, the v...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Grevellec J,Marquié C,Ferry L,Crespy A,Vialettes V

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyamines are essential molecules supporting the structure, conformation, and function of nucleic acids and proteins. We studied stereoisomers of alpha,alpha'-dimethylated spermine [(R,R)-Me(2)Spm, (S,S)-Me(2)Spm, (R,S)-Me(2)Spm] for their ability to provoke DNA condensation and protect DNA from damage. (R,R)- and (R...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Nayvelt I,Hyvönen MT,Alhonen L,Pandya I,Thomas T,Khomutov AR,Vepsäläinen J,Patel R,Keinänen TA,Thomas TJ

更新日期：2010-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The Bacillus subtilis protease Proleather FG-F catalyzed the transesterification of inulin with vinyl acrylate (VA) in dimethylformamide (DMF). The reaction conversion for different VA concentrations was greater than 57% after 96 h at 50 degrees C. The degree of substitution (DS, defined as the amount of acrylate grou...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Ferreira L,Carvalho R,Gil MH,Dordick JS

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial cellulose (BC) is a polysaccharide known as a suitable matrix for proper wound healing. To improve this ability, BC was functionalized with silk sericin (SS) that has cytoprotective and mitogenic effects. The composites obtained by solution impregnation were stabilized by hydrogen bonds, and SS could be rele...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Lamboni L,Li Y,Liu J,Yang G

更新日期：2016-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Cationic kraft lignin (CKL) macromolecules were produced via polymerizing kraft lignin (KL) with [2-(acryloyloxy)ethyl]trimethylammonium chloride (ATAC) or [2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl]trimethylammonium methyl sulfate (METAM). Despite slightly different charge densities (2.3-2.5 mmol/g) of CKL, lignin-METAM (KL-METAM) ha...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Sabaghi S,Fatehi P

更新日期：2019-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural selection has endorsed proteins with amazing structures and functionalities that cannot be matched by synthetic means, explaining the exponential interest in developing protein-based materials. Protein self-assembly allows fabricating complex supramolecular structures from relatively simple building blocks, a ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Wang W,Azizyan RA,Garro A,Kajava AV,Ventura S

更新日期：2020-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The shear rheology of a microcrystalline cellulose dissolved in a 9% NaOH aqueous solution was studied in the steady and oscillatory modes. The cellulose-(9% NaOH-H(2)O) mixtures show not to be true solutions. In the dilute regime, with cellulose concentration below 1%, the rheological behavior is typical of the one o...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Roy C,Budtova T,Navard P

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent developments in ionic liquid electrolytes for cellulose or biomass dissolution has also allowed for high-resolution 1H and 13C NMR on very high molecular weight cellulose. This permits the development of advanced liquid-state quantitative NMR methods for characterization of unsubstituted and low degree of subst...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： King AWT,Mäkelä V,Kedzior SA,Laaksonen T,Partl GJ,Heikkinen S,Koskela H,Heikkinen HA,Holding AJ,Cranston ED,Kilpeläinen I

更新日期：2018-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work we describe the application of amphiphilic N-(2-hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide (HPMA)-based copolymers as polymeric surfactants in miniemulsion techniques. HPMA-based copolymers with different ratios of HPMA (hydrophilic) to laurylmethacrylate (LMA; hydrophobic) units were synthesized by RAFT polymerization...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Kelsch A,Tomcin S,Rausch K,Barz M,Mailänder V,Schmidt M,Landfester K,Zentel R

更新日期：2012-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of microbally produced poly(gamma,d-glutamic acid) to form stable polyelectrolyte-opposite charged surfactant complexes was investigated. A sonicated sample of polyacid with a molecular weight about 10(5) Da and a content of d enantiomer higher than 90% was used in this study. Nearly stoichiometric complex...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Pérez-Camero G,García-Alvarez M,Martínez De Ilarduya A,Fernández C,Campos L,Muñoz-Guerra S

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coiled coils are a common structural motif in many natural proteins that can also be utilized in the design and preparation of drug delivery systems for the noncovalent connection of two macromolecules. In this work, two different pairs of peptides forming coiled coil hetero-oligomers were designed, synthesized, and c...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Pechar M,Pola R,Laga R,Braunová A,Filippov SK,Bogomolova A,Bednárová L,Vaněk O,Ulbrich K

更新日期：2014-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:This investigation describes the formulation and characterization of rheologically structured vehicles (RSVs) designed for improved drug delivery to the vagina. Interactive, multicomponent, polymeric platforms were manufactured containing hydroxyethylcellulose (HEC, 5% w/w) polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP, 4% w/w), Pluronic...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Andrews GP,Donnelly L,Jones DS,Curran RM,Morrow RJ,Woolfson AD,Malcolm RK

更新日期：2009-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A strategy to light-trigger ionic cross-linking of alginates by incorporating a photosensitive Ca2+ cage (nitr-T) is presented. Upon irradiation, free Ca2+ was released, and this caused gelation of the alginate solution. Addition of Ca2+ "on-demand" allowed us to obtain homogeneous alginate (ALG) gels using concentrat...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Cui J,Wang M,Zheng Y,Rodríguez Muñiz GM,del Campo A

更新日期：2013-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Cationic derivatives of cellulose and other polysaccharides are attractive targets for biomedical applications due to their propensity for electrostatically binding with anionic biomolecules, such as nucleic acids and certain proteins. To date, however, relatively few practical synthetic methods have been described fo...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Liu S,Liu J,Esker AR,Edgar KJ

更新日期：2016-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Several alternatives to the conventional alginate beads formulation were studied for encapsulation of invertase. Pectin was added to the alginate/enzyme solution while trehalose and β-cyclodextrin were added to the calcium gelation media. The effect of composition changes, freezing, drying methods (freeze, vacuum, or ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Santagapita PR,Mazzobre MF,Buera MP

更新日期：2011-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We examine the protein distribution within an electrospun polymer nanofiber using polyvinyl alcohol and bovine serum albumin as a model system. We hypothesize that the location of the protein within the nanofiber can be controlled by carefully selecting the pH and the applied polarity of the electric field as the pH a...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Tang C,Ozcam AE,Stout B,Khan SA

更新日期：2012-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Photoexcited TiO2 degrades biomolecules such as nucleic acids, cell membrane proteins, and enzymes. Stabilization of enzyme activity against the deactivation caused by the combination of TiO2-UV is essential if we are to develop novel hybrid materials exhibiting photocatalytic and biocatalytic activities useful for de...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Lele BS,Russell AJ

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The supramolecular organization of self-assembled stoichiometric complexes formed by dodecyltrimethylammonium cations and ionized poly(gamma-glutamic) acid has been investigated in chloroform solution. Atomistic molecular dynamics simulations have been performed considering three different starting conformations for t...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zanuy D,Alemán C

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study is to investigate the influence of point mutations on the structural stability of coiled coil fragments of the human hair intermediate filament by molecular dynamics simulations and free energy calculations. Mutations in the helix termination motif of human hair keratin gene hHb6 seem to be...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Danciulescu C,Nick B,Wortmann FJ

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00