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Studies on Chitin

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The article was published on 1974-11-01 and is currently open access. It has received 7 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Chitin.

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Chitin and Chitosan: Functional Biopolymers from Marine Crustaceans

TL;DR: This review deals with the fundamental aspects of chitin and chitosan such as the preparation of chItosan, crystallography, extent of N-acetylation, and some properties, and recent progress of their chemistry is discussed.
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Endo/exo mechanism and processivity of family 18 chitinases produced by Serratia marcescens.

TL;DR: The results are discussed in the light of recent literature data on directionality and synergistic effects of ChiA, ChiB and ChiC, leading to the conclusion that ChiA and ChiB are processive chit inases that degrade chitin chains in opposite directions, while ChiC is a nonprocessive endochitinase.
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Comparative studies of chitinases A, B and C from Serratia marcescens

TL;DR: The available data for Serratia chitinases show that the chitinolytic machinery of this bacterium consists of two processive exo-enzymes that degrade the chITin chains in opposite directions (ChiA and ChiB) and a non-processive endo-enzyme, ChiC.
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Removal of arsenic from contaminated drinking water by a chitosan/chitin mixture

TL;DR: In this paper, a Chitosan/chitin mixture was studied as a potential agent for the removal of arsenic (V) from ground waters, and the arsenic concentration of contaminated waters was lowered to levels accepted by the Canadian Department of Health and Welfare and the World Health Organization upon treatment with the mixture and furthermore, the copper and sulfate levels were also reduced.
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Effect of chitin sources on production of chitinase and chitosanase byStreptomyces griseus HUT 6037

TL;DR: This study investigated the effects of the enzyme induction time and chitin sources, CM-chitosan and deacetylated chitosans, on production of chitOSanase and suggested that the sugar composition of (GlcN)3 was homogeneous and those of ( GlcN]4 and (GlCN)5 were heterogeneous.