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In previous work it was shown that the thiocyanate anion (0·05 mol. solution of sodium thiocyanate), which produces monsters with large notochord and hyper-evocation in Amphibia embryos1, also induces a decrease in viscosity of solutions containing euglobulin b2. On the other hand, lithium chloride induces an increase in viscosity of these solutions, at a concentration (0·14 mol.) which produces monsters with reduced notochord and hypo-evocation. A similar effect has been found for the viscosity of solutions containing fibrillar particles (myosin, sodium thymo-nucleinate)3. In order to find what kinds of modifications were induced by the various salts in the myosin solutions, an investigation with the electron microscope was undertaken.
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RANZI, S. Electron Microscope Investigation of the Action of Salt Solutions on Myosin. Nature 160, 712 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160712a0
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