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Active Deformation in the Tunic ofHalocynthia roretzi: How the Tissue Composed of Cellulose Responds to Stimuli and Deforms

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Halocynthia roretzi, belonging to class Ascidiacea, has highly pure and crystalline cellulose Iβ, and sulfated chitin in its tunic. Cells, including hemocytes in the open circulatory system, are scattered in the tunic. The tunic, which maintains its thickness by continuous proliferation and removal, can be classified into active tissues. Recently, it has been reported that various stimuli, such as mechanical stimuli and changes in the mechanical environment, could cause active deformations of the tunic without changes in the characteristics of the tissue structure, which would be associated with influx and efflux of water. In this chapter, the system associated with active deformation, tissue structure and flux of water in the tunic is shown, with reference to the previous reports.
Title: Active Deformation in the Tunic ofHalocynthia roretzi: How the Tissue Composed of Cellulose Responds to Stimuli and Deforms
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Halocynthia roretzi, belonging to class Ascidiacea, has highly pure and crystalline cellulose Iβ, and sulfated chitin in its tunic.
Cells, including hemocytes in the open circulatory system, are scattered in the tunic.
The tunic, which maintains its thickness by continuous proliferation and removal, can be classified into active tissues.
Recently, it has been reported that various stimuli, such as mechanical stimuli and changes in the mechanical environment, could cause active deformations of the tunic without changes in the characteristics of the tissue structure, which would be associated with influx and efflux of water.
In this chapter, the system associated with active deformation, tissue structure and flux of water in the tunic is shown, with reference to the previous reports.

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