Exopolysaccharides produced by marine bacteria and their applications as glycosaminoglycan-like molecules

Frontiers in Chemistry

Volumn 2, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Delbarre Ladrat, Christine ^a   Sinquin, Corinne ^a   Lebellenger, Lou ^a   Zykwinska, Agata ^a   Colliec Jouault, Sylvia ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biological activity; Biosynthesis; GAG mimetic; Marine derived polysaccharide; Modification; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973890485     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2014.00085     Document Type: Review

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