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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2003
Tianhong Chen, Newark, DE (US);
Heather D. Embree, Baltimore, MD (US);
Eleanor M. Brown, Oreland, PA (US);
Maryann M. Taylor, Richboro, PA (US);
Gregory F. Payne, Hunt Valley, MD (US);
Tianhong Chen, Newark, DE (US);
Heather D. Embree, Baltimore, MD (US);
Eleanor M. Brown, Oreland, PA (US);
Maryann M. Taylor, Richboro, PA (US);
Gregory F. Payne, Hunt Valley, MD (US);
University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD (US);
University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Baltimore, MD (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Gels and polymers comprising a polypeptide bound to a polysaccharide are disclosed. Specific polypeptides include, but are not limited to, polypeptides that comprise glutamine or tyrosine residues. Specific polysaccharides include, but are not limited to, chitosan. Gels and polymers of the invention can be used for the in vitro and in situ formation of protein-polysaccharide conjugates. Methods of making polypeptide/polysaccharide gels and polymers are also disclosed.