Molecular recognition on giant vesicles: coating of phytyl phosphate vesicles with a polysaccharide bearing phytyl chainsSynthetic and spectroscopic data are available as supplementary data from the RSC web site, see http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/a9/a908827j/

Abstract

The molecular recognition between phytyl phosphate giant vesicles and a polysaccharide (pullulan) bearing phytyl or cholesteryl groups and a fluorescent tag was investigated; the pullulan bearing phytyl chains did coat the surface of the vesicles, in contrast with the pullulan bearing cholesteryl groups.