[Structural and functional properties of irradiated nuclear membranes at the air-water phase interface]

The monolayer technique, the methods of electron microscopy and IR-spectroscopy were used to study isolated nuclear membranes of calf thymus cells. The data obtained permitted to study the relationship between structural disorders induced by irradiation of membranes, the changes in their functional status, and the role played by a lipid component of membranes in these processes.