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Sectional committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in Proceedings. It is an important contribution to the X-ray study of protein structure. Some small modifications could be made.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1950].

Date received not given.

Reference number
RR/72/169
Earliest possible date
1949
Physical description
Standardised form (type E)
Page extent
1 page
Format
Typescript
Manuscript

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William Thomas Astbury

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William Thomas Astbury, Referee's report by William Thomas Astbury, on a paper 'The crystal structure of horse met-myoglobin. I. General features: the arrangement of the poly-peptide chains' by John Cowdery Kendrew, 1949, RR/72/169, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_72_169/referees-report-by-william-thomas-astbury-on-a-paper-the-crystal-structure-of-horse-met-myoglobin-i-general-features-the-arrangement-of-the-poly-peptide-chains-by-john-cowdery-kendrew, accessed on 07 December 2024

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