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IN a recent communication on an electron microscope and X-ray study of actin1 a preliminary account was given of the actin fibre diagram, and a more detailed account, in a wider cytological context, was presented at the Sixth International Congress of Experimental Cytology held in July in Stockholm. The Proceedings of this Congress will be published in due course, but in view of the present very great interest in the muscle problem, and in actin and actomyosin in particular, it would seem appropriate also to summarize the new observations and conclusions here.
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ASTBURY, W. X-Ray Study of Actin. Nature 160, 388–389 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160388a0
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