Thermally induced conformational-transition of polydeoxyadenosine in the complex with schizophyllan and the base-length dependence of its stabilityElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: structure of s-SPG, experimental method, gel electrophoresis of poly(dA) plus dextran (Fig. S1) and s-SPG (Fig. S2). See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b0/b009943k/Polysaccharide–polynucleotide complexes (V).

Abstract

A single chain of schizophyllan, one of the β-1,3-glucan family, can form a stoichiometric complex with poly(dA) and the poly(dA)’s conformation and the complex stability strongly depends on the base length.