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polychitins

polychitins is the plural of polychitin.

Meaning of polychitin

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

Questions about polychitins

What is polychitins the plural of?
Polychitins is the plural of polychitin.

Words near polychitins in the dictionary

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

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