Rotational Diffusion of Rhodopsin in the Visual Receptor Membrane |
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Authors: | RICHARD A. CONE |
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Affiliation: | 1.Thomas C. Jenkins Department of Biophysics,The Johns Hopkins University,Baltimore |
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Abstract: | Transient photodichroism in the frog retina reveals that rhodopsin has a relaxation time of 20 µs. The site rhodopsin occupies in the membrane must therefore be highly fluid. This suggests rhodopsin may be a diffusional carrier. |
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