Plasma methylumbelliferyl-tetra-N-acetyl-chitotetraoside hydrolase: Further study of its characteristics as a chitinase and comparison with its activity on remazol brilliant violet carboxymethyl chitin

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 268, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 107-120

  Den Tandt, W R ^a   Scharpe S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chitinase; Lysozyme; Methylumbelliferyl tetra N acetylchitotetraoside hydrolase; Remazol Brilliant Violet carboxymethyl (RBV) chitin hydrolase

Indexed keywords

ALLOSAMIDIN; CARBOXYMETHYLCHITIN; CHITIN; CHITIN DERIVATIVE; CHITINASE; LYSOSOME ENZYME; METHYLUMBELLIFERYL TETRA N ACETYL CHITOTETRAOSIDE HYDROLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITOR INTERACTION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; GAUCHER DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUCOLIPIDOSIS TYPE 2; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CHITIN; CHITINASE; GAUCHER DISEASE; HEXOSAMINIDASES; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, CHRONIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUCOLIPIDOSES; NAPHTHALENESULFONATES;

VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 0031564320     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(97)00168-X     Document Type: Article

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