Use of dansyl N-acetyl glucosamine as substrate for chitin synthetase activities

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2523-2529

  Bahmed, Karim ^a   Quilès, Fabienne ^a   Wathier, Michel ^b   Bonaly, Roger ^a   Benallaoua, Saïd ^c   Pucci, Bernard ^b   Coulon, Joël ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BEJAIA   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Chitin synthetase; Dansyl N acetyl glucosamine; Yeast cell walls

Indexed keywords

AMINES; CELLS; FUNGI; POLYMERIZATION; POLYSACCHARIDES; RADIOACTIVITY; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

CELL WALLS; CHITIN SYNTHETASE; GLUCOSAMINE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

ENZYMES;

EID: 14644389501     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2004.10.003     Document Type: Article

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