Fungal Polysaccharides: Biological Activity Beyond the Usual Structural Properties
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Fungal Polysaccharides: Biological Activity Beyond the Usual Structural Properties
Studies on structure and function of polysaccharides in biological systems classically involve sequence and compositional analyses, anomeric configuration, type of glycosidic linkage, and presence of substituents. Recent studies, however, indicates that other structural parameters, so far little explored, can directly influence the biological activity of microbial polysaccharides. Among these p...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Microbiology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1664-302X
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00171