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Purple membrane multilayers: detailed structure and photoelectric characteristics of bacteriorhodopsin
A V Maximychev1, S K Chamorovsky, V I Panov
1International Research Institute for Management Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
Bio Systems
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
The structure of the Langmuir purple membrane (PM) monolayer was studied by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). The topography of both the external and cytoplasmic sides of the monolayer was investigated. The thickness of the PM monolayer was determined to be about 4 nm. PM films include specific oval 'crater'-like structures of 50-60 nm in diameter.