Cell attachment on poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)-poly(ethylene glycol) copolymer produced by Azotobacter chroococcum 7B

Conclusions:
Thus, despite low EG-monomers content in bacterial origin PHB-PEG copolymer, this polymer demonstrated significant improvement in biocompatibility in contrast to PHB and PHB-HV copolymers, which may be coupled with increased protein adsorption and hydrophilicity of PEG-containing copolymer.

Source: BMC Biochemistry - May 21, 2013 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Anton BonartsevSergey YakovlevIrina ZharkovaArasha BoskhomdzhievDmitrii BagrovVera MyshkinaTatiana MakhinaElena KharitonovaOlga SamsonovaAlexey FeofanovVera VoinovaAnton ZernovYurii EfremovGarina BonartsevaKonstantin ShaitanMichail Kirpichnikov Source Type: research