title: First Use of a Mineral Liquid Crystal for Measurement of Residual Dipolar Couplings of a Nonlabeled Biomolecule We would like to thank Dr. Patrick Davidson for helpful discussions, Stéphane Grolleau for TGA (thermogravimetric analysis) measurements, and Prof. Pierre Sinaÿ and Dr. Yongmin Zhang for the gift of the pentasaccharide. Financial support from the CNRS, the Ministry of Education (PhD fellowship for F.C.), the Région Pays de Loire, and the GDR-CNRS 690 FORMES (D(2)O) is gratefully acknowledged.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chimie Moléculaire C.E.A. Saclay 91191 Gif sur Yvette (France).
authors.forename: Hervé
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Desvaux
authors.forename: Jean-Christophe P.
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Gabriel
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Berthault
authors.forename: Franck
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Camerel