Go fly a chitin: The mystery of chitin and chitinases in vertebrate tissues

Frontiers in Bioscience - Landmark

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 580-595

  Stern, Robert ^a  

^a Touro College and University System   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Chitin; Chitin lectins; Chitin synthase; Chitinase; Gaucher's disease; Hyaluronan; Hyaluronan synthase; Hyaluronidase

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHITIN; CHITIN SYNTHASE; CHITINASE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOGENIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; HYALURONATE SYNTHETASE; HYALURONIC ACID; LECTIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; GAUCHER DISEASE; GENETICS; HUMAN; JEW; METABOLISM; VERTEBRATE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOMARKERS; CHITIN; CHITIN SYNTHASE; CHITINASES; GAUCHER DISEASE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; HYALURONAN SYNTHASES; HYALURONIC ACID; JEWS; LECTINS; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 85009460546     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/4504     Document Type: Article

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