Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 457 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
Contents |
New aspects of chitin chemistry and enzymology / Riccardo Muzzarelli -- Role of chitinase in nature / Neetu Dahiya -- Chitin and chitinase in the human evolution / Andrea Giansanti, Fabio Mecozzi, and Salvatore Musumeci -- Chitinase in fungal and bacterial sepsis / Helen Michelakakis and Ioannis Labadaridis -- The origin and genetics of human chitinases / Rolf Boot [and others] -- Polymorphism of chitinases in human populations / Andrea Angius -- The gaucher cell and chitotriosidase, the phagocyte chitinase / J.M. Aerts & R.G. Boot -- Chitinase activity in atherosclerosis disease / Ana Cenarro and Fernando Civeira -- Chitotriosidase activity in juvenile idiopathic arthritis and juvenile sarcoidosis / Juergen Brunner -- Chitinase in neurological diseases / Stefano Sotgiu -- Chitin in Alzheimer disease / Luis F. Gonzalez Cuyar, Rudy J. Castellani -- Chitin and chitinase in anticancer research / Xing Q. Pan -- YKL-40 in inflammation, tissue remodelling, and cancer / Julia Johansen -- Chitotriosidase in patients with beta-thalassemia / Rita Barone -- Chitotriosidase in the plasmodium, anopheles, and human interaction / Salvatore Musumeci and Maria Musumeci -- Role of amcase in the allergic ocular pathologies / Salvatore Musumeci and Maria Musumeci -- Chitinase in the immune response / Maria Musumeci and Salvatore Musumeci -- The role of chitin and chitinases in asthma / Max A. Seibold and Esteban Gonzalez Burchard -- Chitinase like lectins in humans / Julia Kzhyshkowska -- Role of amcase in the gastric digestion of chitin / Maurizio G. Paoletti [and others] -- Role of chitinase in gastroenterology / Emiko Mizoguchi and Mayumi Kawada -- Chitinase inhibitors and its significance in biology / Shohei Sakuda -- Recognition of chitin and chitin-derived chitooligosaccharides in nature / Franco Falcone |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Chitin.
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Chitinase.
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Chitin
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Chitinases
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chitin.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Physical.
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Chitin
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Chitinase
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Musumeci, Salvatore
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Paoletti, M. G
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LC no. |
2008050192 |
ISBN |
9781617281471 |
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1617281476 |
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1606923390 |
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9781606923399 |
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