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Targeting Chitin-containing Organisms

 Targeting Chitin-containing Organisms

Targeting Chitin-containing Organisms

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(Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology) 1st ed. 2019 Edition

by Qing Yang (Editor), Tamo Fukamizo (Editor)

This book provides a comprehensive overview of chitin biology and chitin metabolism related enzymes. Chitin, the second most abundant biopolymer in nature after to cellulose, is a linear biopolymer composed of β-1,4-linked N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc), and an essential component in the exoskeletons of insects, mites, ticks and crustaceans, the egg shells of parasitic nematodes, and fungal cell walls. Although some chitin-containing organisms are a threat to human health, food safety and agricultural production, non-chitin containing organisms like humans, mammals and plants have an innate immune response to these hazardous organisms. The book provides researchers and students with information on the recent research advances concerning the biology of chitin-containing organisms as well as cross-talks between chitin-containing and non-chitin-containing organisms. Highlighting chitin remodeling enzymes and inhibitors, it also offers drug developers essential insights into designing specific molecules for the control of hazardous chitin-containing organisms.

Year 2019
Pages 293
Language English
Format PDF
Size 7.5 MB
ISBN-10 9811373175
ISBN-13 978-9811373176
ASIN B07S2GVV33