title: A naphthalene-containing amino acid enables hydrogelation of a conjugate of nucleobase-saccharide-amino acids.
abstract: Here we report the first example of a hydrogelator made of a conjugate of nucleobase-saccharide-amino acids by incorporating L-3-(2-naphthyl)-alanine to the conjugate, which illustrates a facile and effective method for generating bioactive and functional hydrogelators from the basic biological building blocks.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Brandeis University, 415 South St., Waltham, MA 02454, USA. bxu@brandeis.edu.
authors.forename: Dongdong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Junfeng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Xuewen
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000225:Adenine / Q000737:chemistry*; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D020100:Hydrogels / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009005:Monosaccharides / Q000737:chemistry*; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D020100:Hydrogels; D009005:Monosaccharides; D009281:Naphthalenes; C031721:naphthalene; D000225:Adenine