Chitin

chitin
outer, horny covering of insects, crustacea, and so forth
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
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Chitinous layer
[Gr. chiton - an outer covering, tunic]. A thick, clear layer of an Ascaris egg shell which is composed of chitin and protein and provides a protective coating located between the fertilization membrane and the ascaroside layer.
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Cellulose and Chitin are polysaccharides that function to support and protect the organism. The cell walls of plants are composed of cellulose. The cell walls of fungi and the exoskeleton of arthropods are composed of chitin.
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chitin -- n. A carbohydrate polymer found in the cell walls of fungi and in the exoskeletons of arthropods, which provides strength for support and protection; chitinous- adj.
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Chitin Inhibitors
These substances, diflubenzuron (Dimilin) is an example, interfere with the synthesis of chitin, the material that makes up the insect exoskeleton [see structure].
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chitin A polysaccharide contained in fungi; also forms part of the hard outer covering of insects.
chlamydia A sexually transmitted disease caused by a parasitic bacterium that lives inside cells of the reproductive tract.
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chitin
(ky-tin) [Gk. chiton, a tunic, undergarment]
A structural polysaccharide of an amino sugar found in many fungi and in the exoskeletons of all arthropods.
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chitin
A structural polysaccharide of an amino sugar found in many fungi and in the exoskeletons of all Arthropods.
Covered in Lab 6 Unicellular and Filamentous Organization ...
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chitin 1.The polysaccharide found in the exoskeleton of arthropods.2. High molecular weight polymer of N-acetyl glucosamine linked by 1,4-b-glycosidic bonds.
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Setules. Chitinous projections from copepod maxillipeds that trap food particles
Shelf-slope break. Line marking a change from the gently inclined continental shelf to the much steeper depth gradient of the continental slope ...
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Chitinase: breaks down chitin
Cholinesterase
Chymosin: better known as rennet, contained in the stomachs of many animals and causes milk to curdle
Chymotrypsin: can digest proteins ...
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As we had hypothesized based on the work with cultured representatives, uncultured Cytophagales appear to dominate use of protein and chitin in the Delaware Bay and coastal waters.
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Their outer skeleton, the cuticle, is made up of two layers; the epicuticle which is a thin and waxy water resistant outer layer and contains no chitin, and another layer under it called the procuticle.
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It's made up of chitin. All vibrios, including Vibrio cholerae, have a very powerful chitinase, an enzyme that breaks down that shell structure, so it plays a role in nature.
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Drosophila is part of the phylum Arthropoda, a phylum of segmented animals with paired, jointed appendages and a hard exoskeleton made of chitin.
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: Any of a zoological class (
Crustacea
) that have a
chitinous
and/or calcareous exoskeleton (lobsters, shrimps, crabs).
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