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Reducible compounds, probably similar to lysine-derived cross-links found in collagen and elastin, have been detected in an invertebrate scleroprotein, the egg case ofBuccinum undatum (L.)
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During this studyN. R. Price was in receipt of an S.R.C. research assistantship.
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Price, N.R., Hunt, S. The occurrence of reducible compounds in an invertebrate structure protein ofBuccinum undatum (L.). Experientia 32, 557–558 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01990158
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