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Alkaline Phosphatase in Invertebrate Sites of Protein Secretion

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Two familiar invertebrates, the caterpillar of the goat-moth (Cossus cossus) and of a common spider (Tegenaria domestica), have been investigated for alkaline phosphomonoesterase activity by the cytochemical technique of Takamatsu1 and of Gomori2,3.

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BRADFIELD, J. Alkaline Phosphatase in Invertebrate Sites of Protein Secretion. Nature 157, 876–877 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157876b0

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