An Immunochemical Study of Carrageenans in Gametophyte and Sporophyte Generations of Certain Red Algae

Hosford, Peter Charles Stephen

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dc.contributor.advisor	McCandless, E. L.	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Hosford, Peter Charles Stephen	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2014-06-18T16:47:55Z	-
dc.date.available	2014-06-18T16:47:55Z	-
dc.date.created	2009-06-22	en_US
dc.date.issued	1975-04	en_US
dc.identifier.other	opendissertations/474	en_US
dc.identifier.other	1140	en_US
dc.identifier.other	877846	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11375/9635	-
dc.description.abstract	<p>Carrageenans are a heterogenous population of sulphated galactans extracted from certain marine algae. Fractionation of these polysaccharides with potassium chloride yields an insoluble fraction designated ĸ- carrageenan and a soluble fraction designated λ- carrageenan. Recent evidence has shown that certain algae in the gametophytic stage of the life cycle produced ĸ- carrageenan and these algae in the sporophytic stage produced λ- carrageenan. The present study was undertaken to confirm this observation by using immunochemical techniques. Specific antibodies against ĸ- and λ- carrageenan were produced in goats and these were used to determine the "kappa like" and "lambda like" properties of carrageenans from the different stages of red algae.</p>	en_US
dc.subject	Biology	en_US
dc.subject	Biology	en_US
dc.title	An Immunochemical Study of Carrageenans in Gametophyte and Sporophyte Generations of Certain Red Algae	en_US
dc.type	thesis	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Biology	en_US
dc.description.degree	Master of Science (MS)	en_US
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