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Biosynthesis and chemical modification of poly(γ-glutamic acid)

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The water soluble poly(γ-glutamic acid) (γ-PGA) was synthetized by bacteria. A series of new, less water soluble α-esters were prepared by repeated esterification.

The characterization of the resulted polymers was performed by 200 MHz 1H and 75.4 MHz 13C NMR spectroscopy.

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  1. Mária Borbély

    Present address: Veterinary Institute, Debrecen, Hungary

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  1. Department of Veterinary and Animal Science, University of Massachusetts, 01003, Amherst, MA, USA

    Mária Borbély, Kesuo Fan, Amrut Bhogle & Martin Sevoian

  2. Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts, 01003, Amherst, MA, USA

    János Borbély

  3. Department of Materials Science and Technology, Science University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Yukio Nagasaki

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Borbély, M., Nagasaki, Y., Borbély, J. et al. Biosynthesis and chemical modification of poly(γ-glutamic acid). Polymer Bulletin 32, 127–132 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00306378

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