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Science 21 January 1966:
Vol. 151. no. 3708, pp. 323 - 324
DOI: 10.1126/science.151.3708.323
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Synthetic Myosin Filaments

Benjamin Kaminer 1 and Allen L. Bell 1

1 Institute for Muscle Research, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and Department of Anatomy, State University of New York, Syracuse

A stable preparation of myosin filaments was formed in a medium at pH 8.0. The filament length varied from 0.2 to 0.5 micron. Most of the material sedimented at 21S, but there was a minor peak (due to monomer) at 6.8S. The filaments did not taper and had large bulbous irregularities at the ends.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Association of Myosin to Form Contractile Systems.
W. F. Harrington, M. Burke, and J. S. Barton (1973)
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