Endotoxin removing method based on lipopolysaccharide binding protein and polyhydroxyalkanoate binding protein PhaP.

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：:A porous scaffold as a cell-compatible material was designed and prepared using a phospholipid copolymer composed of 2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine (MPC), n-butyl methacrylate, and enantiomeric macromonomers, the poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA) macromonomer, and poly(D-lactic acid) (PDLA) macromonomer. On the bas...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Watanabe J,Eriguchi T,Ishihara K

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant expression of histone deacetylases (HDACs) is related to various types of cancer and is associated with increased proliferation of tumor cells. Hence, the detection of HDAC activities is of great significance for medical sciences as well as biological diagnostics. Herein, we report a hyperbranched polyester-b...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Yu C,Wu Y,Zeng F,Li X,Shi J,Wu S

更新日期：2013-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloid-like fibrils are prepared from protein in the lab by controlled heat treatments, yet these must be further assembled to match the desirable mechanical and structural properties of biological fibers. Here, β-lactoglobulin fibrils were incorporated into poly(ethylene oxide) fibers of 40-180 nm diameter by electr...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Chen D,Narayanan N,Federici E,Yang Z,Zuo X,Gao J,Fang F,Deng M,Campanella OH,Jones OG

更新日期：2020-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) and glycoproteins are vital components of the extracellular matrix, directing cell proliferation, differentiation, and migration and tissue homeostasis. Here, we demonstrate supramolecular GAG-like glycopeptide nanofibers mimicking bioactive functions of natural hyaluronic acid molecules. Sel...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Ustun Yaylaci S,Sardan Ekiz M,Arslan E,Can N,Kilic E,Ozkan H,Orujalipoor I,Ide S,Tekinay AB,Guler MO

更新日期：2016-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel approach for the preparation of nano- and microcapsules in aqueous solutions by using thermoresponsive polymer (TRP) templates (mesoglobules) is described. The method comprised three steps: formation of mesoglobules, coating the templates by seeded radical copolymerization, followed by core dissolution and cor...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Haladjova E,Toncheva-Moncheva N,Apostolova MD,Trzebicka B,Dworak A,Petrov P,Dimitrov I,Rangelov S,Tsvetanov CB

更新日期：2014-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:It is demonstrated that the molecular solubility of softwood hemicelluloses is significantly influenced by pretreatment of the fibers, extraction, and downstream processing. To quantify these effects, four hemicellulose samples were extracted from different thermomechanical pulps of Norway spruce. The molecular solubi...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Kishani S,Vilaplana F,Xu W,Xu C,Wågberg L

更新日期：2018-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperbranched poly(amino ester)s containing tertiary amines in the core and primary, secondary, and tertiary amines in the periphery, respectively, were evaluated for DNA delivery in vitro. The same core structure facilitated the investigation on the effects of the terminal amine type on the properties of hyperbranche...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Wu D,Liu Y,Jiang X,He C,Goh SH,Leong KW

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogels are promising materials for biomedical applications such as tissue engineering and controlled drug release. In the past two decades, the peptide hydrogel subclass has attracted an increasing level of interest from the scientific community because of its numerous advantages, such as biocompatibility, biodegra...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Oyen E,Martin C,Caveliers V,Madder A,Van Mele B,Hoogenboom R,Hernot S,Ballet S

更新日期：2017-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Properties of Aloe vera galacturonate hydrogels formed via Ca(2+) crosslinking have been studied in regard to key parameters influencing gel formation including molecular weight, ionic strength, and molar ratio of Ca(2+) to COO(-) functionality. Dynamic oscillatory rheology and pulsed field gradient NMR (PFG-NMR) stud...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： McConaughy SD,Kirkland SE,Treat NJ,Stroud PA,McCormick CL

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthesis of biocompatible, thermo-responsive ABA triblock copolymers in which the outer A blocks comprise poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) and the central B block is poly(2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine) is achieved using atom transfer radical polymerization with a commercially available bifunctional initiato...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Li C,Tang Y,Armes SP,Morris CJ,Rose SF,Lloyd AW,Lewis AL

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:F-actins are semi-flexible polyelectrolytes and can be assembled into a large polymer-actin complex with polymorphism through electrostatic interaction with polycations. This study investigates the structural phase behavior and the growth of polymer-actin complexes in terms of its longitudinal and lateral sizes in var...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Kwon HJ,Kakugo A,Shikinaka K,Osada Y,Gong JP

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We explore here the possibility that polypeptide chains with directional multiplicity might provide for the control of peptide self-assembly processes. We tested this new possibility using an oppositely directed peptide (ODP) supramolecular system. The ODP could make it possible to form a βαβ motif with antiparallel β...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Jeong WJ,Han S,Park H,Jin KS,Lim YB

更新日期：2014-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:meso-Tetra(N-methyl-4-pyridyl) porphine tetra tosylate (TMP) is a photosensitizer that can be used in photodynamic therapy (PDT) to induce cell death through generation of reactive oxygen species in targeted tumor cells. However, TMP is highly hydrophilic, and therefore, its ability to accumulate intracellularly is li...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Abdelghany SM,Schmid D,Deacon J,Jaworski J,Fay F,McLaughlin KM,Gormley JA,Burrows JF,Longley DB,Donnelly RF,Scott CJ

更新日期：2013-02-11 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：:In this study, we demonstrate for the first time the fabrication of carboxylated chitosan nanocrystals (ChsNC) with high degree of deacetylation (DDA) at >80% and narrow size distribution. We also studied its application as a sustainable support material for metal-based catalysts. Carboxylated chitin nanocrystals (ChN...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Jin T,Kurdyla D,Hrapovic S,Leung ACW,Régnier S,Liu Y,Moores A,Lam E

更新日期：2020-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The recombinant amylosucrase from Neisseria polysaccharea was used to glucosylate glycogen particles in vitro in the presence of sucrose as the glucosyl donor. The morphology and structure of the resulting insoluble products were shown to strongly depend on the initial sucrose/glycogen weight ratio. For the lower rati...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Putaux JL,Potocki-Véronèse G,Remaud-Simeon M,Buleon A

更新日期：2006-06-01 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：:The proteinaceous material present in beta-lactoglobulin fibrils formed after heating (20 h at 85 degrees C) at pH 2 was identified during this study. Fibrils were separated from the nonaggregated material, and the fibrils were dissociated using 8 M guanidine chloride and 0.1 M 1,4-dithiothreitol (pH 8). Characterizat...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Akkermans C,Venema P,van der Goot AJ,Gruppen H,Bakx EJ,Boom RM,van der Linden E

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanoparticles (NPs) composed of chitosan (CS) and poly(gamma-glutamic acid) (gamma-PGA) were prepared by a simple ionic-gelation method for oral insulin delivery. Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectra indicated that CS and gamma-PGA were ionized at pH 2.5-6.6, while X-ray diffractograms demonstrated that the crys...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Lin YH,Mi FL,Chen CT,Chang WC,Peng SF,Liang HF,Sung HW

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We show the first example of a synergic approach of oxidant (ROS) scavenging carrier and ROS-responsive drug release in the context of a potential therapy against osteoporosis, aiming to inhibit the differentiation of inflammatory cells into osteoclasts. In our "tandem" approach, a branched amphiphilic, PEGylated poly...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： El Mohtadi F,d'Arcy R,Burke J,Rios De La Rosa JM,Gennari A,Marotta R,Francini N,Donno R,Tirelli N

更新日期：2020-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Surface-immobilized liposome layers are of interest for various potential applications such as localized drug delivery, but their characterization is challenging. We have employed an AFM method and fluorescent dye release to analyze anchored liposomes. In addition, we studied whether the liposomes are surface-bound so...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Vermette P,Griesser HJ,Kambouris P,Meagher L

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stability of internally cross-linked casein micelles against disruption by urea (which disrupts hydrogen bonds and hydrophobic interactions) and trisodium citrate (which sequesters micellar calcium phosphate) was investigated. Addition of urea (0-6 mol L-1) and/or citrate (0-50 mmol L-1) progressively reduced the ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Huppertz T,Smiddy MA,de Kruif CG

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, we report on an ATP-responsive low-molecular-weight polyethylenimine (LMW-PEI)-based supramolecular assembly. It formed via host-guest interaction between PEI (MW = 1.8 kDa)-α-cyclodextrin (α-CD) conjugates and PEI1.8k-phenylboronic acid (PBA) conjugates. The host-guest interaction between PEI1.8k-α-CD a...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Jiang C,Qi Z,Jia H,Huang Y,Wang Y,Zhang W,Wu Z,Yang H,Liu J

更新日期：2019-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Alginate-based amphiphilic graft copolymers were synthesized by single electron transfer living radical polymerization (SET-LRP), forming stable micelles during polymerization induced self-assembly (PISA). First, alginate macroinitiator was prepared by partial depolymerization of native alginate, solubility modificati...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Kapishon V,Whitney RA,Champagne P,Cunningham MF,Neufeld RJ

更新日期：2015-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:In biomedicine, PEGylation is one of the most successful strategies to modify the physicochemical and biological properties of peptides, proteins, and other biomacromolecules. Because of the polydisperse nature of regular PEGs and limited PEGylation strategies, it is challenging to quantitatively fine-tune and accurat...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Wang X,Li Y,Wu T,Yang Z,Zheng X,Chen S,Zhou X,Jiang ZX

更新日期：2020-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of increasing water composition on the rheological and microstructural behavior of a ternary cellulose acetate (CA)/N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMA)/water system is examined. Addition of water to the CA/DMA system results in enhanced steady shear viscosity and dynamic viscoelastic properties and ultimately to ph...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Appaw C,Gilbert RD,Khan SA,Kadla JF

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Characterization of poly-3-hydroxybutyric acid (PHB) and poly-3-hydroxybutyric-co-valeric acid (PHBV, 13% valerate) in chloroform was performed using size exclusion chromatography coupled to a multi-angle light scattering detector (SEC-MALS). Absolute molar mass averages, molar mass distribution, and the radius of gyr...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zagar E,Krzan A

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relative to normal cells, tumor cells lack adequate capability of reactive oxygen scavenging. Thus, tumor cells can be selectively killed by increasing the concentration of reactive oxygen species in tumor tissue. In this report, we construct an integrated multifunctional polymeric nanoparticle which can selectively i...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Wang Y,Yin W,Ke W,Chen W,He C,Ge Z

更新日期：2018-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli serogroup O5 comprises two different subgroups (O5ab and O5ac), which are indiscernible from the point of view of standard immunological serotyping. The structural similarities between the O-antigen polysaccharides (PSs) of these two strains are remarkable, with the only difference being the glycosidi...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Sarkar A,Fontana C,Imberty A,Pérez S,Widmalm G

更新日期：2013-07-08 00:00:00