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. 1966 Feb;98(2):522–529. doi: 10.1042/bj0980522

The hypobranchial mucin of the whelk Buccinum undatum L. The polysaccharide sulphate component

S Hunt 1, F R Jevons 1
PMCID: PMC1264873  PMID: 5941346

Abstract

1. A polysaccharide sulphate has been isolated from the hypobranchial mucin of the whelk Buccinum undatum. 2. The molecular weight of this polysaccharide, which is a glucan carrying one ester sulphate group per monosaccharide residue, is 1·7×105. 3. Some investigations bearing on the location of the ester sulphate groups are reported. 4. The viscosity of the whole mucin has been shown to depend mainly on the glucan sulphate.

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