Abstract
Observations of the surface of intact thick filaments from the oyster
Crassostrea angulata
have been made in the electron microscope. The surface structure has been revealed by metal shadowing and by a negative staining technique in which aqueous uranyl acetate solution is applied to filaments which have been rendered impervious to this solution. Both methods reveal a regular arrangement of round objects on the filament, interpreted as groups of myosin heads. The arrangement is that of the Bear-Selby net, probably with two or three myosin molecules per node. The possibility is discussed that the helical strands which give rise to the Bear-Selby net may occur in right- and left-handed forms in different filaments.
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