Genome-Wide Identification of a Maize Chitinase Gene Family and the Induction of Its Expression by Fusarium verticillioides (Sacc.) Nirenberg (1976) Infection

Maize chitinases are involved in chitin hydrolysis. Chitinases are distributed across various organisms including animals, plants, and fungi and are grouped into different glycosyl hydrolase families and classes, depending on protein structure. However, many chitinase functions and their interactions with other plant proteins remain unknown. The economic importance of maize (