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Table 1 Chitinase activitya in rabbit serum.

From: The chitobiose transporter, chbC, is required for chitin utilization in Borrelia burgdorferi

Treatment

4-MUF GlcNAc

4-MUF GlcNAc2

4-MUF GlcNAc3

 

Averageb(± SE)c

Average(± SE)

Average (± SE)

Serum

   

   Not Boiled

5.6 (± 3.0)

9,279.7 (± 1,321.6)

17,718.9 (± 6,559.2)

   Boiled

5.3 (± 2.2)

12.8 (± 3.6)

16.3 (± 5.2)

BSK + 7% Serum

   

   Not Boiled

9.3 (± 4.7)

2,610.6 (± 895.5)

2,931.1 (± 170.0)

   Boiled

11.0 (± 4.9)

14.3 (± 8.2)

28.2 (± 14.5)

  1. a Chitinase activity was measured as relative fluorescence units
  2. b Average activity of 3 replicate experiments.
  3. c SE, standard error of the mean