K.M. Rudall

THE CHITIN SYSTEM

SUMMARY The view is supported that chitin is not found in Deuterostomia because of the absence of chitin synthetase, and is not found in higher plants because of the absence of ...

The Chitin/Protein Complexes of Insect Cuticles

Chitin and its association with other molecules

Abstract Chitin or poly‐N‐acetyl‐D‐glucosamine occurs in three crystallographic forms α, β and γ. The α form is the most stable and consists of antiparallel chains. The β form (...

Chitin in pogonophore tubes

The chitin from pogonophore tubes is shown to be essentially the same as that from the pen of the squid Loligo and is classified as β-chitin (as are the known chitins in annelid...