polychitin

English

Etymology

From poly- +‎ chitin.

Noun

polychitin (plural polychitins)

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

     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 ].