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Iron compounds in the heart-body of the terebellid polychaete Neoamphitrite figulus
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 May 2009
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The heart-body contains haematins derived from by-products of haem synthesis. It also contains a non-haem iron protein and a flavin. Study of the relative amounts of these substances in worms of different ages and at different seasons suggests that the flavin plays some part in the metabolic activity of the organ and that the haematins accumulate throughout life. No evidence was found for the heart-body participating in any excretory activity or in haemoglobin breakdown.
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- Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 45 , Issue 2 , June 1965 , pp. 341 - 351
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- Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1965
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