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Papers of M H F Wilkins: papers relating to work on nerve membranes

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Correspondence and notes chiefly relating to research on nerve membranes, including: notes on Heinrich Waelsch and Abel Lajtha, ‘Protein Metabolism in the Nervous System’ Physiological Reviews, 1961; notes made at the Gordon Conference on the Cell Nucleus, 1964; correspondence with Peter Davison, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, 1966-1967, relating to the supply of samples for Wilkins’ research using gelled axoplasm/neurofilament protein; notes on bilayers, Oct 1967; offprints of ‘Structure of Frog Photoreceptor Membranes’ by Allen Blaurock and Wilkins, published in <i>Nature,</i> 30 Aug 1969, with related manuscript graphs and Fourier syntheses used to ascertain the structure of retina membrane; photocopy letters to the Principal of King’s College London, 1971-1973, relating to College funding for the Biophysics Department and possible financial cutbacks; two line graphs showing frequency patterns, labelled ‘film 171’ and ‘sperm 110’; brief undated note on neutron diffraction; lecture notes on the subject of the neurological composition of the brain and the comparative anatomies of other animal brains.

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Papers of M H F Wilkins: papers relating to work on nerve membranes

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