Deducing polymeric structure from aqueous molecular dynamics simulations of oligosaccharides: Predictions from simulations of hyaluronan tetrasaccharides compared with hydrodynamic and X-ray fibre diffraction data

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 284, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1425-1437

  Almond, A ^a   Brass, A ^a   Sheehan, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conformation; Hyaluronan; Hydrodynamics; Water; X ray fibre diffraction

Indexed keywords

DISACCHARIDE; HYALURONIC ACID; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0032545145     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2245     Document Type: Article

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