Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2021 Chitin and its derived products have immense economic value due to their vital role in various biological activities as well as biomedical and industrial application.
F. Jabeen +8 more
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The Fungal Cell Wall : Structure, Biosynthesis, and Function [PDF]
, 2017 N.G. is funded by the Wellcome Trust via a senior investigator award and a strategic award and by the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology. C.M. acknowledges the support of the Wellcome Trust and the MRC. N.G. and C.M.
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KNR4, a suppressor of Saccharomyces cerevisiae cwh mutants, is involved in the transcriptional control of chitin synthase genes [PDF]
, 1999 The KNR4 gene, originally isolated by complementation of a K9 killer-toxinresistant mutant displaying reduced levels of both 1,3-b-glucan and 1,3-bglucan synthase activity, was recloned from a YCp50 genomic library as a suppressor of Saccharomyces ...
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Caspofungin Treatment of Aspergillus fumigatus Results in ChsG-Dependent Upregulation of Chitin Synthesis and the Formation of Chitin-Rich Microcolonies [PDF]
, 2015 Date of Acceptance: 23/07/2015 We thank Gillian Milne for help with electron microscopy, Sophie M. Schäfer for pilot experiments, and Emilia Mellado for strains. All authors acknowledge financial support of Gilead Sciences through Ph.D.
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Imobilisasi Asam Humat Pada Kitin Dan Aplikasinya Sebagai Adsorben Cr(III)
Indonesian Journal of Chemical Research, 2018 Immobilization of humic acid on chitin has been conducted and applied to the adsorption of Cr(III). The humic acid was isolated using NaOH 0.1 M, while chitin was isolated by deproteination of crab shells by using NaOH 3.5 % (w/v) and followed by ...
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Journal of Fungi, 2022 Phytopathogenic fungi have evolved mechanisms to manipulate plant defences, such as chitin-triggered immunity, a plant defensive response based on the recognition of chitin oligomers by plant-specific receptors.
Jesús M. Martínez-Cruz +8 more
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Chitin and lignin. Natural ingredients from waste materials to make innovative and healthy products for humans and plant [PDF]
, 2017 In a globalized world, plants are continually cut to obtain free land for intensive farming without remembering their important function in the planet ecosystem.
Morganti, Pierfrancesco, Stoller, Marco
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Reclamation of Marine Chitinous Materials for Chitosanase Production via Microbial Conversion by Paenibacillus macerans [PDF]
, 2018 [[abstract]]: Chitinous materials from marine byproducts elicit great interest among biotechnologists for their potential biomedical or agricultural applications.
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Giant, 2020 Chitin is the most abundant natural glycosaminoglycan that is derived from marine crustaceans and has enormous potential in biomedical applications because of its high similarity in chemical structure to the component of extracellular matrix.
Junchao Huang +4 more
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Species-Specific Differences in the Susceptibility of Fungi to the Antifungal Protein AFP Depend on C-3 Saturation of Glycosylceramides [PDF]
, 2019 AFP is an antimicrobial peptide (AMP) produced by the filamentous fungus Aspergillus giganteus and is a very potent inhibitor of fungal growth that does not affect the viability of bacteria, plant, or mammalian cells.
Baumann, Birgit +8 more
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