Composition and distribution of carrabiose moieties in hybrid kappa-/iota-carrageenans using carrageenases

Marion Guibet1, Patrick Boulenguer, Jacques Mazoyer

  • 1Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI-CNRS, Végétaux Marins et Biomolécules, UMR 7139, Station Biologique, F-29680 Roscoff, France.

Biomacromolecules
|December 18, 2007
PubMed

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