Orientation of purple membrane in combined electric and magnetic fields
- 27 December 1995
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 377 (3) , 419-420
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(95)01365-2
Abstract
The orientation of purple membrane in gels for photoelectric measurements is relatively poor, when they are prepared with the standard technique of applying a DC electric field and rapid polymerization. We have improved it by adding a high magnetic field (17.5 T) and increasing the viscosity of the membrane suspension. This process has resulted so far in a 3-fold increase of the photoelectric signals obtained. The magnetic susceptibility of purple membrane was determinedKeywords
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