Brant D A
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-2025, USA.
Curr Opin Struct Biol. 1999 Oct;9(5):556-62. doi: 10.1016/s0959-440x(99)00005-6.
Recently, atomic force microscopy has been used to image a variety of polysaccharides and map their distribution on cell surfaces. The mechanical response of polysaccharides to tensile stress has been investigated in single-molecule force spectroscopy experiments. Small-angle X-ray scattering has provided a probe of polysaccharide structure operating in a size range (2-25 nm) that is intermediate between those accessible using nuclear magnetic resonance and light scattering.
最近，原子力显微镜已被用于对多种多糖进行成像，并绘制它们在细胞表面的分布。在单分子力谱实验中研究了多糖对拉伸应力的力学响应。小角X射线散射提供了一种探测多糖结构的方法，其适用的尺寸范围（2 - 25纳米）介于使用核磁共振和光散射所能达到的尺寸范围之间。
