Isolating a trimer intermediate in the self-assembly of E2 protein cage.

abstract：:Structures of three pectic arabinogalactans, one from Vernonia kotschyana (Vk2a) and two from Cochlospermum tinctorium (Ct50A1 and Ct50A2), and their complement fixation and induction of B cell proliferation in vitro were compared. The polysaccharide Vk2a expressed potent biological activity in both assays compared wi...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Nergard CS,Kiyohara H,Reynolds JC,Thomas-Oates JE,Matsumoto T,Yamada H,Patel T,Petersen D,Michaelsen TE,Diallo D,Paulsen BS

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hollow poly(6-O-acryloyl-alpha-D-galactopyranose) (PAGP) nanospheres were prepared in a facile manner using the RAFT (reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer) process. Initially, an amphiphilic block copolymer, poly(lactide)-block-poly(6-O-acryloyl-alpha-D-galactopyranose) (PLA-b-PAGP), was synthesized using ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Ting SR,Gregory AM,Stenzel MH

更新日期：2009-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The introduction of polymers into a chiral nematic cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) matrix allows for the tuning of optical and mechanical properties, enabling the development of responsive photonic materials. In this study, we explored the incorporation of hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC) into a CNC film prepared by slow eva...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Walters CM,Boott CE,Nguyen TD,Hamad WY,MacLachlan MJ

更新日期：2020-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine hemoglobin (Hb) was encapsulated inside polymer vesicles (polymersomes) to form polymersome encapsulated Hb (PEH) dispersions. PEH particles are 100% surface PEGylated with longer PEG chains and possess thicker hydrophobic membranes as compared to conventional liposomes. Polymersomes were self-assembled from po...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Arifin DR,Palmer AF

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To adapt the physical properties of living materials to their biological function, nature developed various types of polymers with outstanding physical behavior. One example is the vitreous body, which is important intraocular elements not only because of its optical and mechanical performances, but also due to its im...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Annaka M,Mortensen K,Vigild ME,Matsuura T,Tsuji S,Ueda T,Tsujinaka H

更新日期：2011-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the synthesis and characterization of a novel organic polymer coating for the prevention of the growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa on the solid surface of three-dimensional objects. Substrata were encapsulated with polyterpenol thin films prepared from terpinen-4-ol using radio frequency plasma enha...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Bazaka K,Jacob MV,Truong VK,Wang F,Pushpamali WA,Wang JY,Ellis AV,Berndt CC,Crawford RJ,Ivanova EP

更新日期：2010-08-09 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：:Molecular orientation distributions in the crystalline and amorphous regions of a biaxially oriented poly(L-lactic acid) film were analyzed fully by polarized Raman spectroscopy. Raman bands at 926 and 875 cm(-1) were chosen for the determination of the most probable molecular orientation distribution functions for th...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Tanaka M,Young RJ

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dynamic shear oscillation measurements at small strain were used to characterize the viscoelastic properties and related differences in the molecular structure of hydrogels based on gelatin methacrylamide. Gelatin was derivatized with methacrylamide side groups and was subsequently cross-linked by radical polymerizati...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Van Den Bulcke AI,Bogdanov B,De Rooze N,Schacht EH,Cornelissen M,Berghmans H

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synergistic interaction between xanthan and glucomannan in solution and in the gel phase has been studied by circular dichroism spectroscopy and differential scanning calorimetry. The study in solution of the polysaccharidic mixture indicates a preferred stoichiometry of the interaction corresponding to a weight f...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Paradossi G,Chiessi E,Barbiroli A,Fessas D

更新日期：2002-05-01 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：:Presently there is great interest in the construction of nanostructures from DNA fragments. Here we report the preparation of much larger helical textures with different shapes from pure DNA fragments. We have observed them while preparing crystals of the dodecamer d(AAAAAATTTTTT), which only contains adenine and thym...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Subirana JA,Creixell M,Baldini R,Campos JL

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The leading cause of death in the United States is cardiovascular disease. The majority of these cases result from heart failure post-myocardial infarction (MI). We present data providing evidence for use of acetalated dextran (AcDex) microparticles as a delivery vehicle for therapeutics to the heart post-MI. We harne...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Suarez S,Grover GN,Braden RL,Christman KL,Almutairi A

更新日期：2013-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrospinning is a simple and versatile technique of producing polymeric fibers ranging from submicron to micron in diameter. Incorporation of bioactive agents into the fibers could make a biofunctional tissue engineering scaffold. In this study, we investigated the feasibility of encapsulating human beta-nerve grow...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Chew SY,Wen J,Yim EK,Leong KW

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have designed α-helical peptides de novo that can induce aggregation of various kinds of cells by focusing on physicochemical properties such as hydrophobicity, net charges, and amphipathicity. It is shown that peptide hydrophobicity is the key factor to determine capabilities for cell aggregation while peptide net...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Yamamoto N,Tamura A

更新日期：2014-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Steady state shear flow of different types of cellulose (microcrystalline, spruce sulfite and bacterial) dissolved in 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate was studied in a large range of concentrations (0-15%) and temperatures (0-100 degrees C). Newtonian flow was recorded for all experimental conditions; these viscosi...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Gericke M,Schlufter K,Liebert T,Heinze T,Budtova T

更新日期：2009-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The fate of intravenously injected nanoparticles (NPs) is significantly affected by nano-protein interaction and corona formation. However, such an interaction between NPs and digestive enzymes occurring in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) and its impacts on epithelial cell uptake are little known. We synthesized the ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Peng Q,Liu J,Zhang T,Zhang TX,Zhang CL,Mu H

更新日期：2019-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Deproteinized natural rubber latex (DPNR-latex) was treated with lipase and phosphatase in order to analyze the structure of the chain-end group (alpha-terminal). The enzymatic treatment decreased the content of long-chain fatty acid ester groups in DPNR from about 6 to 2 mol per rubber molecule. The molecular weight ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Tarachiwin L,Sakdapipanich J,Ute K,Kitayama T,Bamba T,Fukusaki E,Kobayashi A,Tanaka Y

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chitosan is a well sought-after polysaccharide in biomedical applications and has been blended with various macromolecules to mitigate undesirable properties. However, the effects of blending on the unique antibacterial activity of chitosan as well as changes in fatigue and degradation properties are not well understo...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Sarasam AR,Krishnaswamy RK,Madihally SV

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decomposable hollow capsules based on deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and a low molecular weight organic molecule, a naturally occurring polyamine, spermidine (SP), were formed by applying the layer-by-layer adsorption strategy to colloid particles, viz., assembling DNA/SP multilayers on colloids and subsequently removing...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Schüler C,Caruso F

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycerol derivatives of cutin and suberin monomers were synthesized by acid catalysis. Their dispersion in an aqueous solution was examined by phase contrast microscopy, neutron scattering, and solid state NMR. It is shown that the phase behavior strongly depends on the nature of the derivatives forming either lumps o...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Douliez JP,Barrault J,Jerome F,Heredia A,Navailles L,Nallet F

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We synthesized positively charged biodegradable hydrogels by cross-linking of agmatine-modified poly(ethylene glycol)-tethered fumarate (Agm-PEGF) and poly(propylene fumarate-co-ethylene glycol) (P(PF-co-EG)) to investigate the effect of the guanidino groups of the agmatine on hydrogel swelling behavior and smooth mus...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Tanahashi K,Jo S,Mikos AG

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein-based polymers are increasingly being used in biomaterial applications because of their ease of customization and potential monodispersity. These advantages make protein polymers excellent candidates for bioanalytical applications. Here we describe improved methods for producing drag-tags for free-solution con...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Lin JS,Albrecht JC,Meagher RJ,Wang X,Barron AE

更新日期：2011-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The aggregation phenomena in aqueous solutions of hydrophobically modified (HM) chitosan, containing 4 mol % of n-dodecyl side chains, were studied by viscometry and fluorescence spectroscopy with pyrene as a probe. The results are compared with those for unmodified chitosan. Surprisingly, fluorescence data reveal the...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Philippova OE,Volkov EV,Sitnikova NL,Khokhlov AR,Desbrieres J,Rinaudo M

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation plays an important role in symptomatic intervertebral disc degeneration and is associated with the production of neurotrophins in sensitizing innervation into the disc. The use of high molecular weight (HMw) hyaluronic acid (HA) hydrogels offers a potential therapeutic biomaterial for nucleus pulposus (NP...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Isa IL,Srivastava A,Tiernan D,Owens P,Rooney P,Dockery P,Pandit A

更新日期：2015-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical application of holmium-loaded poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA) microspheres for the radionuclide treatment of liver malignancies requires in depth understanding of the degradation characteristics of the microspheres. To this end, an in-vitro degradation study was conducted. PLLA-microspheres with and without Ho...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zielhuis SW,Nijsen JF,Krijger GC,van het Schip AD,Hennink WE

更新日期：2006-07-01 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：:Strategies to prevent the uptake of modified low density lipoproteins (LDLs) by immune cells, a major trigger of inflammation and atherogenesis, are challenged by complex interfacial factors governing LDL receptor-mediated uptake. We examine a new approach based on a family of "nanoblockers", which are designed to exa...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Chnari E,Nikitczuk JS,Wang J,Uhrich KE,Moghe PV

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of their association with debilitating diseases and their potential applications in developing novel bionanomaterials, highly ordered amyloid fibrils have recently received considerable attention. While many studies have thus far focused on amyloid fibrils made with short peptides containing just one steric zi...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Dai B,Sargent CJ,Gui X,Liu C,Zhang F

更新日期：2019-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:As a biomaterial, silk presents unique features with a combination of excellent mechanical properties, biocompatibility, and biodegradability. The biodegradability aspects of silk biomaterials, especially with options to control the rate from short (days) to long (years) time frames in vivo, make this protein-based bi...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Guo C,Li C,Kaplan DL

更新日期：2020-05-11 00:00:00