Targeting Chitin-containing Organisms (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)

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 -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.

General

Imprint:	Springer Verlag, Singapore
Country of origin:	Singapore
Series:	Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 1142
Release date:	May 2019
First published:	2019
Editors:	Qing Yang • Tamo Fukamizo
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	292
Edition:	1st ed. 2019
ISBN-13:	978-981-13-7317-6
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Pharmacology > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Biochemistry > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Invertebrates > Insects (entomology) Promotions
LSN:	981-13-7317-5
Barcode:	9789811373176

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