TY - JOUR AU - Becker, Hubert F. AU - Piffeteau, Annie AU - Thellend, Annie PY - 2011 DA - 2011/10/27 TI - Saccharomyces cerevisiae chitin biosynthesis activation by N-acetylchitooses depends on size and structure of chito-oligosaccharides JO - BMC Research Notes SP - 454 VL - 4 IS - 1 AB - To explore chitin synthesis initiation, the effect of addition of exogenous oligosaccharides on in vitro chitin synthesis was studied. Oligosaccharides of various natures and lengths were added to a chitin synthase assay performed on a Saccharomyces cerevisiae membrane fraction. SN - 1756-0500 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-4-454 DO - 10.1186/1756-0500-4-454 ID - Becker2011 ER -