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The role of chitin, chitinases, and chitinase-like proteins in pediatric lung diseases
Chitin, after cellulose, the second most abundant biopolymer on earth, is a key component of insects, fungi, and house-dust mites. Lower life forms are endowed with chitinases to defend themselves against chitin-bearing pathogens. Unexpectedly, humans were also found to express chitinases as well as...
| Autores principales: | , , , , , , , |
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2015
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4530573/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26542293 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40348-015-0014-6 |