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The content of glucosamine in the walls of daughter (without bud scars) and mother (multiscar) cells ofSaccharomyces cerevisiae was examined in a control and after treatment with dilute alkali, acid and buffer. The occurrence of chitin in the bud and birth scars is discussed. The results of IR and X-ray analysis of cell-wall fractions indicate the presence of α-chitin which is a part of the chitin-glucan complex. The size of the crystallite of α-chitin in this complex is about 60 Å.
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Beran, K., Holan, Z. & Baldrián, J. The chitin-glucan complex inSaccharomyces cerevisiae . Folia Microbiol 17, 322–330 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02884098
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