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Sulphatases and Sulphated Polysaccharides in the Viscera of Marine Molluscs

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GLYCOSULPHATASES are present in tropical1 and British2–4 molluscs. Molluscan preparations also contain chondrosulphatase2,4, which may be an oligosaccharide sulphatase; but few examples of polysaccharide-sulphatases are known5.

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LLOYD, P., LLOYD, K. Sulphatases and Sulphated Polysaccharides in the Viscera of Marine Molluscs. Nature 199, 287 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/199287b0

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