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Saccharide–Peptide Hybrid Copolymers as Biomaterials
Author(s) -
Metzke Mark,
O'Connor Naphtali,
Maiti Soumen,
Nelson Edward,
Guan Zhibin
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200501944
Subject(s) - copolymer , peptide , cationic polymerization , materials science , biocompatible material , chemistry , polymer chemistry , nanotechnology , polymer , biomedical engineering , biochemistry , organic chemistry , engineering
Au natural : A new class of synthesized biomaterials (saccharide–peptide hybrid copolymers shown) are biodegradable, nontoxic, and nonimmunogenic. The cationic saccharide–peptide hybrid copolymers were also shown to be effective in compacting and transferring plasmid DNA into cells.