Chitinases: In agriculture and human healthcare

Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 215-232

  Nagpure, Anand ^a   Choudhary, Bharti ^a   Gupta, Rajinder K ^a  

^a GURU GOBIND SINGH INDRAPRASTHA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acidic mammalian chitinase (AMCase); Antifungal; Biofungicide; Bioinsecticide; Biological control; Chitinase like proteins; Chitotriosidase

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; DIAGNOSIS; FUNGI; MAMMALS; PROTEINS;

ANTI-FUNGAL; BIOFUNGICIDES; BIOINSECTICIDES; BIOLOGICAL CONTROLS; CHITINASES; CHITOTRIOSIDASE;

BIOCONTROL;

CHITIN; CHITINASE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; POLYMER; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT;

AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CROP; CROP PRODUCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; INSECT; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC PLANT; ANIMAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CHITINASE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84901631181     PISSN: 07388551     EISSN: 15497801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07388551.2013.790874     Document Type: Review

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