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Science 29 May 1970:
Vol. 168. no. 3935, pp. 1108 - 1109
DOI: 10.1126/science.168.3935.1108
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Bimolecular (Black) Lipid Membranes: Study of Lipid-Protein Interactions

Emil Smekal 1, Hie Ping Ting 1, L. G. Augenstein 1, and H. T. Tien 1

1 Department of Biophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48823

An experimental method has been devised for the study of the inter-action of bimolecular (black) lipid membrane and protein in which 8-anilino-1-naphthalenesulfonic acid is used as a fluorescent probe. The presence of phospho-lipid in the membrane is necessary for the enhanced fluorescence.


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