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The development of refined techniques for preparing ultrathin sections (100–200 Å thick or even less) has made it possible to make use of almost the whole maximum resolving power of modern electron microscopes (6–8 Å) for the analysis of the structure of tissue cells. These technical advances have drastically widened the field of ultra-structure research by allowing a study of the elementary components of living matter by direct observation. These components are within the range of dimensions of macromolecules. They consist, however, mostly of a number of molecules organized into a supramolecular unit. Careful measurements of the dimensions of these units and the indirect indications of molecular orientation obtained by polarization optical and X-ray diffraction studies make it possible to propose interpretations of the observed structural patterns in terms of the molecular architectonic of the units.
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Sjöstrand, F.S. (1959). The Ultrastructure of the Retinal Receptors of the Vertebrate Eye. In: Autrum, H., et al. Ergebnisse der Biologie. Ergebnisse der Biologie, vol 21. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-94739-1_5
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