Inulin crystal initiation via a glucose-fructose cross-link of adjacent polymer chains: Atomic force microscopy and static molecular modelling

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 117, Issue , 2015, Pages 964-972

  Cooper, Peter D ^a,b,c   Rajapaksha, K Harinda ^a   Barclay, Thomas G ^d   Ginic Markovic, Milena ^d   Gerson, Andrea R ^d   Petrovsky, Nikolai ^a,e  

^a VAXINE PTY LTD   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c Biology and Environment   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adjuvant; Isoform; Model; Structure; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHAINS; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN BONDS; MODELS; MOLECULAR MODELING; POLYSACCHARIDES; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); VACCINES;

ADJUVANT; ANTIPARALLEL ALIGNMENT; CRYSTAL SURFACES; ISOFORMS; SEMICRYSTALLINES; SUCROSE CRYSTALS; TERTIARY STRUCTURES; VACCINE ADJUVANTS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; INULIN; MICROSPHERE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION;

CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; INULIN; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSPHERES; MODELS, MOLECULAR;

EID: 84916620247     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2014.10.022     Document Type: Article

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