Insights on the conformational properties of hyaluronic acid by using NMR residual dipolar couplings and MD simulations

Glycobiology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1208-1216

  Gargiulo, Valentina ^a   Morando, Maria A ^b   Silipo, Alba ^a   Nurisso, Alessandra ^c   Pérez, Serge ^d   Imberty, Anne ^c   Cañada, F Javier ^b   Parrilli, Michelangelo ^a   Jiménez Barbero, Jesús ^b   De Castro, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

molecular dynamics; POLYS; RDC; three folded helix; XCluster

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

EID: 77956531128     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: 14602423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwq067     Document Type: Article

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