ORIENTATION OF PURPLE MEMBRANE IN COMBINED ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC-FIELDS

Authors
DER A TOTHBOCONADI R KESZTHELYI L KRAMER H STOECKENIUS W
Citation
A. Der et al., ORIENTATION OF PURPLE MEMBRANE IN COMBINED ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC-FIELDS, FEBS letters, 377(3), 1995, pp. 419-420
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Biophysics,Biology
Journal title
FEBS letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00145793
Volume
377
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
419 - 420
Database
ISI
SICI code
0014-5793(1995)377:3<419:OOPMIC>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
The orientation of purple membrane in gels for photoelectric measureme nts is relatively poor, when they are prepared with the standard techn ique of applying a DC electric field and rapid polymerization. We have improved it by adding a high magnetic field (17.5 T) and increasing t he viscosity of the membrane suspension. This process has resulted so far in a 3-fold increase of the photoelectric signals obtained. The ma gnetic susceptibility of purple membrane was determined.