Liquid Crystalline Phases of Poly-?-Benzyl-Glutamate in Solution
- 1 June 1969
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Molecular Crystals
- Vol. 7 (1) , 457-468
- https://doi.org/10.1080/15421406908084891
Abstract
Recent work on oriented liquid crystalline solutions of the synthetic polypeptide poly-γ-benzyl-L-glutamate in the “complex” phase is reviewed and some new results reported. The similarity between some features of the X-ray diffraction pattern from this phase and the patterns from certain molluscan muscles suggests that the coiled-coil model for the protein chains in the paramyosin filament of these muscles may not be adequate. A highly ordered liquid crystalline phase of the racemic form of poly-γ-benzyl-glutamate is discussed and some features of its diffraction pattern are explained.Keywords
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