polychitin

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

poly- +‎ chitin

Noun[edit]

polychitin (plural polychitins)

  1. (biochemistry) A polymer of chitin
    • 2015 October 30, “Proteomic Analysis of the Relationship between Metabolism and Nonhost Resistance in Soybean Exposed to Bipolaris maydis”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      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 ].