Key Information
Reference code
K/PP178/2/111
Title
Acetate x-ray diffraction photographs relating to nerve membrane research, 1970-1971
Date(s)
- 1970 - 1971 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
135 items
Scope and content
Acetate x-ray photographs, with related index cards and coding, relating to nerve membrane research on samples including frog and pig sciatic nerves. Index cards include date, film number, type, sample, temperature, and duration and power of x-ray exposure for each image. The samples include frog and pig sciatic nerve, and are likely to relate to experimental research by the nerve membrane team, led by Wilkins. Original box titles ‘X-ray films (rubbishy)’ and ‘X-ray 1. Poly X-M (x-m), Myelin (m), phospholipid vesicles (v), amoeba plasmalemma’
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Existence and location of originals
A significant portion of the collection items are available online in the Maurice Wilkins and Medical Research Council Biophysics Unit archive hosted by the Wellcome Library.