Effect of Demethylation on the Chitinase Inhibitory Activity of Allosamidin

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 223-227

  Spindler, Klaus Dieter ^a   Spindler Barth, Margarethe ^a   Sakuda, Shohei ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Arthropods; Bacteria; Cell line; Insecticide

Indexed keywords

ARTEMIA; ARTEMIA SALINA; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS TENTANS; CRUSTACEA; INSECTA; SALINA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

ALLOSAMIDIN; CHITINASE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; TRISACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CHIRONOMIDAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYMOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; ANIMALS; ARTEMIA; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHITINASE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; KINETICS; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRISACCHARIDES;

EID: 0030632548     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1997)36:3<223::AID-ARCH6>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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