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Science 30 October 1959:
Vol. 130. no. 3383, pp. 1189 - 1190
DOI: 10.1126/science.130.3383.1189
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Acid Mucopolysaccharide of the Crustacean Cuticle

V. R. MEENAKSHI 1 and BRADLEY T. SCHEER 1

1 Department of Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene

The acid mucopolysaccharide found in the crab Hemigrapsus nudus and containing glucose, galactose, and fucose residues is found both in the cuticle and in the digestive gland of the crab. The concentration of mucopolysaccharide is somewhat higher in the cuticle, where it it the only soluble polysaccharide, than in the digestive gland, where it makes up 10 to 25 percent of the total polysaccharide content.

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