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THE purpose of this communication is to show that a protein which resembles the contractile actomyosin of muscle (also an ATPase) is present in nerve membranes.
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BOWLER, K., DUNCAN, C. Actomyosin-like Protein from Crayfish Nerve: a Possible Molecular Explanation of Permeability Changes during Excitation. Nature 211, 642–643 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/211642a0
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