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Methods of metal incorporation into intracellular granules

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The hepatopancreas of the garden snail (Helix aspersa) contains basophil cells which produce intracellular granules of CaMgP2O7. A variety of metals are incorporated into these granules either by direct substitution or by the synthesis of new pyrophosphate material.

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  1. Department of Zoology, University of Reading, Whiteknights, RG6 2AJ, Reading, England

    K. Simkiss, K. G. A. Jenkins, Jill McLellan & Elizabeth Wheeler

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Simkiss, K., Jenkins, K.G.A., McLellan, J. et al. Methods of metal incorporation into intracellular granules. Experientia 38, 333–335 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01949375

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