title: "Cross-linked fibrous" spherulites formed from a low molecular weight compound, Fmoc-functionalized phenolic amino acid.
abstract: While biomacromolecules such as proteins are shown to form fibrous spherulites, which are generally "semicrystalline" in nature, here we show that a simple, low molecular weight compound such as fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl-functionalized phenolic amino acid (Fmoc-l-tyrosine) can form "fibrous" spherulites with highly "cross-linked" microfibrils using the supramolecular self-assembly process.
authors.affiliation: Bioorganic Laboratory, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Central Leather Research Institute, Adyar, Chennai 600020, India. ganesh@clri.res.in.
authors.forename: Samala Murali Mohan
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.forename: Ganesh
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Shanmugam
authors.forename: Asit Baran
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Mandal
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D005449:Fluorenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D005449:Fluorenes; C016456:N(alpha)-fluorenylmethyloxycarbonylamino acids; D011506:Proteins; D014443:Tyrosine