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ABSTRACT X-RAY investigation of thin films of myosin, the protein substance of the muscle, by Mr. W. T. Astbury and Mrs. Sylvia Dickinson, shows that this substance, when stretched, behaves


very much like α-keratin, which is derived from hair.—Keratin differs from myosin mainly in containing the sulphur compound, cystine: the authors raise the question whether hair might not be


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