TY - JOUR
T1 - The molecular biology of chitin digestion
AU - Cohen-Kupiec, Rachel
AU - Chet, Ilan
PY - 1998/6
Y1 - 1998/6
N2 - Chitinases catalyze the hydrolysis of chitin, an unbranched polymer of β-1,4-N-acetylglucosamine. In recent years, soil-borne microorganisms that produce chitinases are considered as potential biocontrol agents against fungi and nematodes which cause diseases of agricultural crops. Chitinases also play an important physiological and ecological role in ecosystems as recyclers of chitin, by generating carbon and nitrogen sources. Many chitinases of varied organisms have been isolated and their corresponding genes cloned.
AB - Chitinases catalyze the hydrolysis of chitin, an unbranched polymer of β-1,4-N-acetylglucosamine. In recent years, soil-borne microorganisms that produce chitinases are considered as potential biocontrol agents against fungi and nematodes which cause diseases of agricultural crops. Chitinases also play an important physiological and ecological role in ecosystems as recyclers of chitin, by generating carbon and nitrogen sources. Many chitinases of varied organisms have been isolated and their corresponding genes cloned.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0031866632&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0958-1669(98)80058-X
DO - 10.1016/S0958-1669(98)80058-X
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C2 - 9650272
AN - SCOPUS:0031866632
SN - 0958-1669
VL - 9
SP - 270
EP - 277
JO - Current Opinion in Biotechnology
JF - Current Opinion in Biotechnology
IS - 3
ER -
