polychitin

P3O1L1Y4C3H4I1T1I1N1

noun

A polymer of chitin

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Meanings

nounpolychitin (plural polychitins)

plural polychitins

  1. biochemistryA polymer of chitin

    Chitinases expressed during plant-pathogen interactions are associated with plant defense against pathogens, which can catalyze polychitin molecules that are present in the cell walls of most fungi and homologues in plant-pathogen interactions [43 ].

    2015 October 30, “Proteomic Analysis of the Relationship between Metabolism and Nonhost Resistance in Soybean Exposed to Bipolaris maydis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From poly- + chitin.

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