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Gerhard Franz
Researcher at University of Regensburg
Publications - 198
Citations - 3760
Gerhard Franz is an academic researcher from University of Regensburg. The author has contributed to research in topics: Glucan & Polysaccharide. The author has an hindex of 33, co-authored 198 publications receiving 3595 citations. Previous affiliations of Gerhard Franz include University of California, Berkeley & University of Fribourg.
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Anticoagulant sulfated polysaccharides: Part I. Synthesis and structure–activity relationships of new pullulan sulfates
TL;DR: In this article, two pullulans with different molecular weight (MW) were used as starting polymers for the partial synthesis of a structurally new class of sulfated polysaccharides.
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Polysaccharides in pharmacy: current applications and future concepts.
TL;DR: The relatively new field of the physiologically active polymers will be discussed, including the so-called immune-modulating antitumor polysaccharides which have been shown to be prominent candidates for an adjuvant tumor therapy.
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β-1,3 Glucan Sulfate, but Not β-1,3 Glucan, Induces the Salicylic Acid Signaling Pathway in Tobacco and Arabidopsis
Rozenn Menard,Susanne Alban,Patrice de Ruffray,Frank Jamois,Gerhard Franz,Bernard Fritig,Jean-Claude Yvin,Serge Kauffmann +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that laminarin, a β-1,3 glucan with elicitor activity in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), becomes an inducer of the salicylic acid (SA) signaling pathway in tobacco and Arabidopsis thaliana.
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Characterization of the structural requirements for a carbohydrate based anticoagulant with a reduced risk of inducing the immunological type of heparin-associated thrombocytopenia.
TL;DR: The activation pattern of HAT-antibodies in the presence of linear curdlan sulfate fractions was dependent on the degree of sulfation and molecular weight of the glucan sulfates but not on the type of glycosidic linkage of a polysaccharide.
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Pythium aphanidermatum: culture, cell-wall composition, and isolation and structure of antitumour storage and solubilised cell-wall (1 → 3),(1 → 6)-β-d-glucans
TL;DR: Under optimal conditions for the culture of the fungus Phytium aphanidermatum, no polysaccharides were excreted into the medium and the storage glucan and the hot-water-soluble cell-wall glucan exhibited strong activity against the Sarcoma 180 in CD-1 mice, whereas the acid- solubilised cell- wall glucans were inactive.