The directionality of chitin biosynthesis: A revisit

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 374, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 755-760

  Imai, Tomoya ^a   Watanabe, Takeshi ^b   Yui, Toshifumi ^c   Sugiyama, Junji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

chitin; Chain elongation; Chitin biosynthesis; Electron crystallography; Glycosyl transferase family 2; Parallel packing

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLULOSE; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTALS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MICROCRYSTALS;

CHITIN;

CELLULOSE; CHITIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HYALURONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIVALVE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FIBER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; ANNELID WORM; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DIATOM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BIVALVIA; LAMELLIBRACHIA SATSUMA; THALASSIOSIRA; THALASSIOSIRA WEISSFLOGII;

ANIMALS; ANNELIDA; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CHITIN; DIATOMS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

EID: 0141567670     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20030145     Document Type: Article

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