G-Quartet hydrogels for effective cell growth applications

Alexandru Rotaru; Gabriela Pricope; Taylor N Plank; Lilia Clima; Elena L Ursu; Mariana Pinteala; Jeffery T Davis; Mihail Barboiu

doi:10.1039/c7cc07806d

G-Quartet hydrogels for effective cell growth applications

Chem Commun (Camb). 2017 Nov 23;53(94):12668-12671. doi: 10.1039/c7cc07806d.

Authors

Alexandru Rotaru¹, Gabriela Pricope, Taylor N Plank, Lilia Clima, Elena L Ursu, Mariana Pinteala, Jeffery T Davis, Mihail Barboiu

Affiliation

¹ "Petru Poni" Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Centre Advanced Research in Bionanoconjugates and Biopolymers, 41A, Gr. Ghica Voda, 700487 Iasi, Romania.

PMID: 29131208
DOI: 10.1039/c7cc07806d

Abstract

Functional G-quartet hydrogels formed from natural guanosine cross linked with benzene-1,4-diboronic acid and Mg²⁺ support cell growth with no visible signs of gel degradation.