A selective assay to detect chitin and biologically active nano-machineries for Chitin-biosynthesis with their intrinsic Chitin-synthase molecules

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3122-3137

  Herasimenka, Yury ^a   Kotasinska, Marta ^a   Walter, Stefan ^a   Schrempf, Hildgund ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chitin synthase; Chitin assay; Chitin binding protein; Electron microscopy; Polysaccharides

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CHITIN; CHITIN SYNTHASE; CHITOSAN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; XYLAN;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOMETRY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CHITIN SYNTHASE; CHITIN-ASSAY; CHITIN-BINDING PROTEIN; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; POLYSACCHARIDES;

CHITIN; CHITIN SYNTHASE; IMMUNOASSAY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

ARMORACIA RUSTICANA;

EID: 77958515002     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms11093122     Document Type: Article

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