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Polyphenols were located in all the layers of the periostracum and in inclusion bodies in the inner face of the outer-fold cells of Mytilus edulis L. Results, after 4 days periostracum repair, show that the proto-ostracal material is deposited in distinct layers. Inclusion bodies in the cells of the inner face of the outer fold appear to give rise to the polyphenols in the proto-ostracal material.
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Bubel, A. An electron-microscope investigation into the distribution of polyphenols in the periostracum and cells of the inner face of the outer fold of Mytilus edulis . Mar. Biol. 23, 3–10 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00394106
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