A novel highly acidic polysaccharide with inhibitory activity on calcification from the calcified scale "coccolith" of a coccolithophorid alga, Pleurochrysis haptonemofera

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 357, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1172-1176

  Ozaki, Noriaki ^a,b   Sakuda, Shohei ^b   Nagasawa, Hiromichi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acidic polysaccharide; Biomineralization; Calcification; Coccolith; Coccolithophorid alga; Pleurochrysis haptonemofera

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBOXYL GROUP; COCCOLITH MATRIX ACIDIC POLYSACCHARIDE; DISACCHARIDE; GLYOXYLIC ACID; IDURONIC ACID; TARTARIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CALCIFICATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COCCOLITH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLEUROCHRYSIS HAPTONEMOFERA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGAE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; POLYSACCHARIDES;

ALGAE; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PLEUROCHRYSIS CARTERAE; PLEUROCHRYSIS HAPTONEMOFERA;

EID: 34247880538     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.04.078     Document Type: Article

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