lectins

[Thom Hendrixson]

In article <Cpnp6n.2FMD at ns1.nodak.edu>, chambers at badlands.NoDak.edu (Michael A Chambers) writes:
|> oops, I meant to ask if anyone has ever used xray diffraction to 
|> detirmine the structer of a polysaccaride.
|> 
|> 

Structures of several polysaccharides have been solved using X-ray fiber
difraction (by our group and others).  If you have a specific polysaccharide
in mind, I can probably point you in the right direction.

Thom

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