Year: 1983
Type: article
Abstract: Transient-electric-birefringence experiments were conducted on four samples of hyaluronic acid over the molecular-mass (M) range 5 X 10(4)-4 X 10(6) in dilute aqueous solution. The geometrical, optical and electrical characteristics were monitored via the rotary relaxation times, optical-polarizability antisotropies and electrical polarizabilities respectively. Each indicates the molecular conformation to be consistent with some degree of rigidity at low M but that this does not persist at high M. The molecules do not become true random coils, but are best characterized in terms of a persistence length of 20 nm or 20 disaccharide units.
Source: Biochemical Journal
DOI: 10.1042/bj2130671
Authors: H H Trimm, B R Jennings
Institution: Brunel University of London
Language: English
Subfield: Cell Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funder: University of Salford Manchester
OpenAlex ID: W324596199