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Chitin Hydrolysis

Chitin Hydrolysis is the chemical process of breaking glycosidic bonds in chitin, a linear polysaccharide composed of N-acetylglucosamine units, through the addition of water, resulting in the depolymerization of chitin into its monomeric or oligomeric derivatives.

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In vitro and in vivo degradation of films of chitin and its deacetylated derivatives

Kenji Tomihata, Yoshito Ikada · Biomaterials · 1997 · 809 citations

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Bacterial chitin degradation—mechanisms and ecophysiological strategies

Sara Beier, Stefan Bertilsson · Frontiers in Microbiology · 2013 · 525 citations · Full text

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Identification of a Novel Acidic Mammalian Chitinase Distinct from Chitotriosidase

Rolf G. Boot, Edward F. C. Blommaart, Erwin Swart et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2001 · 511 citations · Full text

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The chitinase of <i>Serratia marcescens</i>

J. Monreal, Elwyn T. Reese · Canadian Journal of Microbiology · 1969 · 510 citations

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The hydrolysis of chitin by concentrated hydrochloric acid, and the preparation of low-molecular-weight substrate for lysozyme

J.A. Rupley · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Specialized Section on Mucoproteins and Mucopolysaccharides · 1964 · 477 citations

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    Vincent G. H. Eijsink

    Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway

    40 publications · 4K citations

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    Takeshi Watanabe

    Niigata University, Japan

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    Morten Sørlie

    Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway

    29 publications · 1.9K citations

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    Kjell M. Vårum

    Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

    18 publications · 2.1K citations

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    Gustav Vaaje‐Kolstad

    Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway

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  1. Norwegian University of Life Sciences

    Ås, Norway

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  2. Niigata University

    Niigata, Japan

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    109 publications

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  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    25 h-index

    102 publications

    7.5K citations

  4. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    Trondheim, Norway

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    52 publications

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  5. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

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  6. University of Hyderabad

    Hyderabad, India

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  7. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

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    Dalian, China

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  1. Journal of Biological Chemistry

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  2. Carbohydrate Polymers

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  4. Carbohydrate Research

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