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Quantitative estimation of chitin and proteins in the cuticle of five species of Priapulida
Saldarriaga, Juan F.; Voss-Foucart, Marie-Françoise; Compère, Philippe et al.
1995In Sarsia. North Atlantic Marine Science, 80, p. 67-71
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Keywords :
Priapulida; cuticle; composition; chitin; labelling; ultrastructure
Abstract :
[en] The biochemical composition ofthe cuticle of 5 species of Priapulida was tested using a specific enzymatic method for the determination of chitin, and a lectin-labelling technique for its ultrastructural location. The integument of all species tested contains 4–15 % chitin and 9–85 % protein. Chitin could be located in both layers of the priapulid cuticle, even though their ultrastructural morphology differs. The results of this work suggest a close relationship between the Priapulida and the Kinorhyncha, the only other group of Aschelminths known to have a chitinous cuticle.
Disciplines :
Zoology
Author, co-author :
Saldarriaga, Juan F.;  Universität Heidelberg > Zoologisches Institut
Voss-Foucart, Marie-Françoise;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Zoologie > Laboratory of Animal Morphology, Systematics and Ecology
Compère, Philippe ;  Université de Liège > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution
Goffinet, Gerhard ;  Université de Liège > Laboratoire de Biologie générale et de Morphologie ultrastructurale
Storch, Volker;  Iniversität Heidelberg > Zoologishes Institut
Jeuniaux, Charles ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Zoology > Laboratory of Animal Morphology, Systematics and Ecology
Language :
English
Title :
Quantitative estimation of chitin and proteins in the cuticle of five species of Priapulida
Publication date :
11 July 1995
Journal title :
Sarsia. North Atlantic Marine Science
ISSN :
0036-4827
eISSN :
1503-1128
Publisher :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Volume :
80
Pages :
67-71
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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