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polychitin

polychitin noun: a polymer of chitin.

Noun

polychitin (plural polychitins)

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

Forms of polychitin

pluralpolychitins

Origin of polychitin

From poly- + chitin.

Questions about polychitin

What does polychitin mean?
Polychitin means a polymer of chitin.
What part of speech is polychitin?
Polychitin is a noun.
What is the plural of polychitin?
The plural of polychitin is polychitins.

Words near polychitin in the dictionary

  1. polychemotherapies
  2. polychemotherapy
  3. polychete
  4. polychetes
  5. polychetous
  6. polychitin
  7. polychitins
  8. polychloride
  9. polychlorides
  10. polychlorinated
  11. polychlorinated biphenyl

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