Chitinases: An update

Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 21-29

  Hamid, Rifat ^a   Khan, Minhaj A ^a   Ahmad, Mahboob ^a   Ahmad, Malik Mobeen ^a   Abdin, Malik Zainul ^a   Musarrat, Javed ^b   Javed, Saleem ^a  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Chitinases; chitinolytic enzymes; endochitinase; exochitinases

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CELL PROTEIN; CHITIN; CHITINASE; CHITOOLIGOSACCHARIDE DERIVATIVE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; NITROGEN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRICULTURE; ALGA; ASTHMA; BACTERIUM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EXOSKELETON; FUNGUS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INSECT; MAMMAL; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOPLAST; REVIEW; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VERTEBRATE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; YEAST;

ALGAE; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84875457258     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09757406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0975-7406.106559     Document Type: Review

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