Phosphoglucomutase and phosphohexose isomerase in tunicates.
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The tunicates, sessile marine animals of the subphylum Urochorda (l), are unique in the animal kingdom in that they synthesize cellulose (2). An investigation of the pattern of carbohydrate metabolism in these animals has been undertaken as a first step in the direction of studying the biosynthesis of cellulose. The present paper deals with some of the properties of phosphoglucomutase and phosphohexose isomerase in the tissues of Molgula (the sea-squirt).
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of biological chemistry
دوره 204 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1953