Acid Polysaccharides from Invertebrate Connective Tissue: Phylogenetic Aspects
Richard L. Katzman 1 and
Roger W. Jeanloz 1
1 Laboratory for Carbohydrate Research, Departments of Biological Chemistry and Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114
Polyfucose sulfate and a chondroitin sulfate were isolated from echinoderm connective tissue. Coelenterate and poriferan connective tissues were devoid of these acid polysaccharides.