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UP to the present time, no X-ray investigations have been carried out on the molecular structure of chitin as present in plant cell-walls. The cell-walls of the sporangiophores of the fungus Phycomyces proved to be excellent material for such studies. Distinct diagrams were obtained with this material, the fibre diagrams being identical with those obtained from chitin of animal origin (wing of Periplaneta).
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HEYN, A. Molecular Structure of Chitin in Plant Cell-Walls. Nature 137, 277–278 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137277d0
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