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Chitin Synthesis

Chitin Synthesis is a biochemical process that belongs to the class of polysaccharide biosynthesis mechanisms and is distinguished by the enzymatic production of chitin, a linear β-(1→4)-linked homopolymer of N-acetylglucosamine, primarily serving as a structural component in the formation of fungal cell walls and arthropod cuticles.

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Chitin and Chitosan: Production and Application of Versatile Biomedical Nanomaterials.

Daniel Elieh Ali Komi, Michael R. Hamblin · PubMed · 2016 · 827 citations

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Current views on fungal chitin/chitosan, human chitinases, food preservation, glucans, pectins and inulin: A tribute to Henri Braconnot, precursor of the carbohydrate polymers science, on the chitin bicentennial

Riccardo A.A. Müzzarelli, Joseph Boudrant, Diederick Meyer et al. · Carbohydrate Polymers · 2011 · 695 citations

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Chitinase in bean leaves: induction by ethylene, purification, properties, and possible function

Thomas Böller, A. Gehri, Félix Mauch et al. · Planta · 1983 · 643 citations

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Chitinase is required for cell separation during growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Michael J. Kuranda, Phillips W. Robbins · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1991 · 598 citations · Full text

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The function of chitin synthases 2 and 3 in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell cycle.

J. A. Shaw, P. C. Mol, Blair Bowers et al. · The Journal of Cell Biology · 1991 · 447 citations · Full text

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    Charles A. Specht

    University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, United States

    25 publications · 2.9K citations

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    Phillips W. Robbins

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    22 publications · 2.8K citations

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    Neil A. R. Gow

    University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom

    21 publications · 2.5K citations

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    Carol A. Munro

    University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom

    19 publications · 2.3K citations

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    E Cabib

    National Institutes of Health, United States

    18 publications · 2.6K citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    31 h-index

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  2. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    30 h-index

    164 publications

    11K citations

  3. University of Aberdeen

    Aberdeen, United Kingdom

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    108 publications

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  4. Universidad de Salamanca

    Salamanca, Spain

    24 h-index

    86 publications

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  5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

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    66 publications

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  6. Kansas State University

    Manhattan, United States

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    86 publications

    7.8K citations

  7. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

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  8. Center for Cancer Research

    Bethesda, United States

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  1. Journal of Biological Chemistry

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  2. Carbohydrate Polymers

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  3. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

    38 publications · 3.6K citations

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    JB · 33 publications · 2.7K citations

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