The Effect of Chitin Size, Shape, Source and Purification Method on Immune Recognition

The animal immune response to chitin is not well understood and needs to be investigated further. However, this is a challenging topic to study because of the technical difficulties in purifying chitin, and because this material usually comes associated with contaminating components that can activat...

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Main Author: Francisco J. Alvarez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-04-01
Series:Molecules
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/19/4/4433