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A Specific Agglutinin in the Snail Otala (Helix) lactea

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BLOOD group specific agglutinins (lectins) were found some years ago in various plants1–3. Such substances have been found also in invertebrate animals4, the most recent report being that by Johnson5 of a weak anti-A1 in the clam Saxidomus giganteus.

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    WILLIAM C. BOYD & REBECCA BROWN

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BOYD, W., BROWN, R. A Specific Agglutinin in the Snail Otala (Helix) lactea. Nature 208, 593–594 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/208593a0

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