| id | GO:0006031 Detailed information
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| name | chitin biosynthetic process
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| namespace | biological_process
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| def | "The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of chitin, a linear polysaccharide consisting of P-1,4-linked N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues." [GOC:jl, ISBN:0198506732 "Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology"]
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| subset | gosubset_prok
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| synonym | "beta-1,4-linked N-acetylglucosamine biosynthesis" EXACT []
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| synonym | "beta-1,4-linked N-acetylglucosamine biosynthetic process" EXACT []
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| synonym | "chitin anabolism" EXACT []
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| synonym | "chitin biosynthesis" EXACT []
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| synonym | "chitin formation" EXACT []
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| synonym | "chitin synthesis" EXACT []
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| is_a | GO:0006023 ! aminoglycan biosynthetic process
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| is_a | GO:0006030 ! chitin metabolic process
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