Molecular Specificity in the Complexation

We examined whether the other glucans show the same change in the UV or CD spectra when they were treated in the same manner as schizophyllan (i.e., dissolved or dispersed in DMSO and exchanged the solvent for water in the presence of poly(C)). The results shown in Table 4.6 indicate that the complexation is only observed for p-(1 3)-glucans. Although the data are not shown, even when the natural triple helix of schizophyllan was mixed with poly(C), no appreciable change was observed for CD and UV. This shows that the renature process is indispensable for the complexation. 

4 Temperature and Composition Dependences of Circular Dichroism for the Complex  

As shown in Table 4.5, poly(dA) in the complex shows the conformational 

Careful examination of the difference in the onset composition between 

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