Chitin in Nature and Technology

1. Front Matter

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2. Progress Towards Solving the Structures of Polysaccharides

   1. Progress Towards Solving The Structures Of Polysaccharides

      • K. D. Parker

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3. Chitin in Skeletal Structures of Animals

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Chitinoproteic Complexes and Mineralization in Mollusk Skeletal Structures

      • M. Poulicek, M. F. Voss-Foucart, Ch. Jeuniaux

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   3. Characterization of the Insect Cuticle Layers by Laser Raman Spectrometry

      • M. Truchet, B. Mauchamp

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   4. Structural Studies on Sclerotized Insect Cuticle

      • M. G. Peter, G. Kegel, R. Keller

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   5. Chitin-Protein Molecular Organization in Arthropod

      • M. M. Giraud-Guille, Y. Bouligand

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   6. Pore Canals and Organization of Chitinoproteins in the Cuticle of the Crab Carcinus Maenas

      • G. Goffinet, P. Compere

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   7. Lipid-Linked Intermediates in Crustacean Chitin Synthesis

      • M. N. Horst

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4. Chitin in Skeletal Structures of Microbes

   1. Front Matter

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   2. The Role of Chitin in Fungal Growth and Morphogenesis

      • E. Lopez-Romero, J. Ruiz-Herrera

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   3. The Role of Chitin in Hyphal Morphogenesis

      • J. H. Sietsma, C. A. Vermeulen, J. G. H. Wessels

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   4. Chitin Synthesis, Dimorphism and Virulence in the Pathogenic Fungus Candida Albicans

      • A. Cassone

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   5. Effect of Congo Red On Yeast Morphogenesis

      • G. L. Vannini, S. Pancaldi, F. Poli

      Pages 79-81

   6. Roles of Chitinases in Fungal Growth

      • G. W. Gooday, A. M. Humphreys, W. H. McIntosh

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   7. Chitin Estimation to Measure Fungal Biomass

      • G. W. Gooday, M. T. Esquerre-Tugaye, D. Mousain, C. Plassard, D. Roby, L. Salsac et al.

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   8. Studies of Autolytic Enzymes in Fungi

      • G. W. Gooday, J. Calatayud, F. Laborda, R. Lahoz, M. J. Martinez, M. I. Perez-Leblic et al.

      Pages 99-105

   9. Comparison of Chitin Fibril Structure and Assembly in Three Unicellular Organisms

      • W. Herth, M. Mulisch, P. Zugenmaier

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   10. Polygalactosamine Produced by a Microorganism

       • H. Takagi, K. Kadowaki

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5. Chitin Synthesis Inhibition

   1. Front Matter

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Exegi monumentum ael'e perennius. The monument I have built will last longer than bronze. Horace My previous book, "Chitin", (1977) was listed by the publisher, as a "key research book", among the most requested books by libraries. It received favorable comments from. each of the journals which reviewed it, Science, 198, 28 Oct. 1977, Physiological Entomology, 2(4), Dec. 1977, The Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology Journal, April 1978, The Quarterly Review of Biology, 53:361, 1978, Oceanographic Abstracts, 15:182, 1979, Annales de Zoologie-Ecologie Animale, 11:127, 1979, and Enzyme & Microbial Technology, 2, 1980. The variety of these journals testifies to the interdisci­ plinary character of chitin studies. "Chitin" has really been a landmark, to use the definition given by Science, because it stimulated interest in the less known polysaccharides and in modified chitins, besides chitin itself, to the point that three International Conferences on Chitin / Chitosan were convened (Boston, U. S. A. 1977, Sapporo, Japan 1982 and Senigallia, Italy 1985). In convening the 3rd International Conference on Chitin / Chitosan (1-4 April 1985), one of the main objectives was the preparation of the present book. While the proceedings of the previous two Conferences were very valuable, they did not appear in any book catalogs and this severely Ii mi ted their distribution.

• Polysaccharid
• biology
• enzyme
• enzymes
• polysaccharides

• University of Ancona, Ancona, Italy

  Riccardo Muzzarelli

• University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

  Charles Jeuniaux

• University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland

  Graham W. Gooday

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