Abstract
Thin sections of embedded, sickled erythrocytes reveal oblique alignment of parallel sheets of single fibers of hemoglobin S, with adjacent layers rotated by about 26 °. The oblique alignment pattern is consistent with the interlocking of helical grooves present in the 14-filament structure determined for individual fibers and could be related to the curvature in cell shape characteristic of the sickling process.
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