[Valuable contribution to the biochemistry of muscles (A. I. Silikova)]

The paper deals with the results of scientific activity of A. I. Silakova (1908-1980) The main data are presented obtained by A. I. Silakova concerning the physiological role and transformation ways of glutamine in the muscular tissue. Her achievements are marked in development of some techniques, the isolation of pure fraction of muscular nuclei in particular, which create the necessary prerequisites for extending the research of biochemical processes in muscular nuclei and their membranes.