The Influence of Irradiated Basic Proteins on the Light-Scattering Properties of the Nucleic Acids. A Study of Intermolecular Radiation Effects

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Abstract
The trans-molecular boundary effects of high-energy events produced by 7-kev electrons in dried protein layers were measured. A plot of the excess turbidity, (produced by irradiation proteins when they are added to nucleic acid solutions) as a function of dose, has a vanishing derivative at a particular dose value for each protein. When two such proteins are bombarded as components of the same dried layer, the positions and shapes of these maxima are always altered. This is a consequence of the proximity of the proteins during bombardment. Such interactions were not necessarily what are called energy-transfer effects.