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Amino acid composition of hemocyanin monomers from the horseshoe crab,Tachypleus tridentatus

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The amino acid compositions of the 4 kinds of hemocyanin monomers fromTachypleus tridentatus are similar to each other. Whole hemocyanin fromT. tridentatus is, remarkably similar toLimulus polyphemus hemocyanin in the content of all the amino acids examined.

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  1. Institute of Biological Sciences, the University of Tsukuba, Sakura-mura, Niihari-gun, 305, Ibaraki, Japan

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Acknowledgment. We express our appreciation to Dr M. Yamamoto for help in performing the amino acid analyses and Dr T. Hirabayashi for the revision of the manuscript.

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Sugita, H., Sekiguchi, K. Amino acid composition of hemocyanin monomers from the horseshoe crab,Tachypleus tridentatus. Experientia 36, 1027–1028 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01965947

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