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Extracellular Proteolytic and Lipolytic Enzymes of Some Lamellibranchs

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PROF. YONGE1, in commenting on Mansour's note2 in Nature3, endeavoured to maintain two rather contradictory views, namely, (1) that the extracellular proteolytic and lipolytic enzymes recorded from the stomach juice of some lamellibranchs are derived from cytolized or burst phagocytes; (2) that extracellular proteolytic and lipolytic enzymes are absent from the stomach juice of lamellibranchs.

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MANSOUR-BEK, J. Extracellular Proteolytic and Lipolytic Enzymes of Some Lamellibranchs. Nature 158, 378–379 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/158378c0

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