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THE molecular organization of the various components of cell membranes, a frequent topic for theoretical speculation1, is a difficult problem to approach by experimental methods. Little, if any, structural detail has been convincingly demonstrated in the plane of the membranes until the recent electron microscope investigations of Dourmashkin, Dougherty and Harris2. These workers discovered regular hexagonal patterns in membranes of various origin (Rous sarcoma virus, human and guinea pig erythrocytes, chicken liver cells), treated with saponin.
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HUSSON, F., LUZZATI, V. Structure of Red-Cell Ghosts and the Effect of Saponin Treatment. Nature 197, 822 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/197822a0
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