Acid polysaccharides from invertebrate connective tissue: phylogenetic aspects.
Polyfucose sulfate and a chondroitin sulfate were isolated from echinoderm connective tissue. Coelenterate and poriferan connective tissues were devoid of these acid polysaccharides.
D000143:Acids; D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D002807:Chondroitin / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003063:Cnidaria; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000032:analysis*; D004447:Echinodermata; D005643:Fucose / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011161:Porifera; D013431:Sulfates / Q000302:isolation & purification
D000143:Acids; D011134:Polysaccharides; D013431:Sulfates; D005643:Fucose; D002807:Chondroitin