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An anthozoan chitin

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L'auteur démontre que la partie organique du squelette du corail,Pocillopora damicornis, est constituée par de la chitine. Cette chitine semble d'exister sous une forme très pure, sans être associée à la protéine, comme le sont toutes les autres chitines calcifiées connues.

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  1. Department of Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, USA

    S. A. Wainwright

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Contribution No. 147 from the Hawaii Marine Laboratory.

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Wainwright, S.A. An anthozoan chitin. Experientia 18, 18–19 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02136633

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