Two-, three- and four-arm, star-shaped poly(epsilon-caprolactone) and poly(D,L-lactide) homopolymers, and copolymers of epsilon-caprolactone with D,L-lactide were synthesized via ring-opening polymerization of cyclic esters in the presence of glycerol, penthaerythritol and poly(ethylene glycol) as initiators and stannous octoate as a catalyst. Thus obtained oligomers were successfully used in t...

optimization of the condition for pcr-directed sequencing of microsatellites poly adenine (a) length polymorphisms is more difficult and sensitive compared with other common sequences. replication slippage may occur for polymerase enzyme during microsatellite amplification and direct sequencing of these pcr products will be challenging for heterozygote samples. so, the aim of this study is to i...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of additives, poly(ethylene glycol) (peg) 1450, poloxamer 407, polyvinyl alcohol (pva) and sodium chloride in order to improve physico-chemical characteristics, encapsulation efficiency and in vitro release of bovine serum albumin, form poly(d,l-lactic-co-glycolic acid) (plga) microparticles prepared by the w/o/w solvent evaporation method...

The exopolysaccharide alginate of Pseudomonas aeruginosa was shown to be important in determining the degree of cell detachment from an agar surface. Nonmucoid strain 8822 gave rise to 50-fold more sloughed cells than mucoid strains 8821 and 8830. Alginate anchors the bacteria to the agar surface, thereby influencing the extent of detachment. The role of the P. aeruginosa alginate lyase in the ...

Surface modifications using responsive polymers give access to biomedical applications that rely on switchable properties, such as smart sensors and actuator systems. In this work, thermoresponsive polymer coatings are synthesized silicon oxide surfaces a facile effective two-step grafting-to strategy. Briefly, the substrates first functionalized with poly(dopamine) (poly(DA)) primer layer. Sub...

With the aim of exploring the electronic and optical properties of some interesting conductive copolymers in view of potential applications, a regular oligomer systems made of aniline and three reference heterocyclic compounds (pyrrole, thiophene and furan) are studied using density functional theory (DFT) and time dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) calculations at B3LYP/6-31+G(d,p) le...

The alxM gene encoding a D-mannuronan-specific alginate lyase has been cloned from a marine bacterium isolated as an epiphyte on the brown alga, Sargassum fluitans. Expression of this gene in Escherichia coli provides a source of this enzyme for probing alginate structure and modifying the mannuronan-rich alginate polymers produced by bacterial pathogens.

This article reports experimental data related to the research article entitled "Poly(malic acid-co-l-lactide) as a Superb Degradation Accelerator for Poly(l-lactic acid) at Physiological Conditions" (H.T. Oyama, D. Tanishima, S. Maekawa, 2016) [1]. Hydrolytic degradation of poly(l-lactic acid) (PLLA) blends with poly(aspartic acid-co-l-lactide) (PAL) and poly(malic acid-co-l-lactide) (PML) oli...

Biodegradable thermogelling copolymer hydrogels have great applicative potential in areas such as sustained drug release, gene delivery and tissue engineering. These injectable materials can be implanted in the human body with minimal surgical intervention. The thermosensitive copolymers have been incorporated with a variety of biocompatible and biodegradable components such as poly(D,L-lactic ...