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Figure 2.

$Figure 2. An example of a beautifully ordered low-angle x-ray diffraction pattern from a bony fish muscle. The axis of the muscle fiber is vertical. Horizontal rows of spots (layer lines) come mostly from the myosin heads on the myosin filaments. They index on an axial repeat of 42.9 nm. Rows of spots in the vertical direction (row lines) provide information about how the myosin filaments are organized in 3-D in the hexagonal A-band lattice. This is the typical pattern of a well-ordered simple lattice muscle. Adapted from Hudson et al. (1997), with permission.$

An example of a beautifully ordered low-angle x-ray diffraction pattern from a bony fish muscle. The axis of the muscle fiber is vertical. Horizontal rows of spots (layer lines) come mostly from the myosin heads on the myosin filaments. They index on an axial repeat of 42.9 nm. Rows of spots in the vertical direction (row lines) provide information about how the myosin filaments are organized in 3-D in the hexagonal A-band lattice. This is the typical pattern of a well-ordered simple lattice muscle. Adapted from Hudson et al. (1997), with permission.