Triple helix conformation of botryosphaeran, a (1→3;1→6)-β-d-glucan produced by Botryosphaeria rhodina MAMB-05

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 953-956

  Giese, Ellen C ^a   Dekker, Robert F H ^b   Barbosa, Aneli M ^c   da Silva, Roberto ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

(1 3; 1 6) d Glucans; Botryosphaeran; Botryosphaeria rhodina MAMB 05; Triple helix conformation

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FLUORESCENCE; LUMINESCENCE;

ALKALI CONCENTRATIONS; BIOLOGICAL RESPONSES; BOTRYOSPHAERAN; BOTRYOSPHAERIA RHODINA MAMB-05; CONFORMATIONAL CHANGES; CONGO RED; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDES; FLUORESCENCE INTENSITIES; FLUORESCENT PROBING; HELIX-COIL TRANSITIONS; TRIPLE HELIX CONFORMATION; TRIPLE HELIXES;

LIGHT EMISSION;

BOTRYOSPHAERIA RHODINA;

EID: 49749085527     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2008.04.038     Document Type: Article

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