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R. Manavalaramanujam and G. Sundara Rajulu; An Investigation of the Cuticle Protein of an Earthworm Megascolex mauritii (Annelida). Zool.Anz.,Leipzig 191(3/4):183-187, 1973

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An analysis of the protein component of the cuticle of an earthworm Megascolex mauritii was made by electrophoretic method. The cuticle protein of the earthworm has 3 fractions which form respectively 70%, 13% and 17% of the total component. The major protein resembles collagen while the other two proteins have different amino acid composition. The results are discussed in the light of previous work on the protein of the cuticle of earthworms.