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Biophysical Journal 18: 125-127 (1977)
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Decrease in magnetic anisotropy of external segments of the retinal rods after a total photolysis.

R Chagneux, H Chagneux and N Chalazonitis

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The magnetic anisotropy of a polymembrane cell, such as the external segment of the frog retinal rod, is defined as the difference between the axial magnetic susceptibility (chiar), chia - chir = deltachi of the segment. After the total photolysis of the rhodopsin in situ, deltachi decreases a significantly by 20%. This decrease in magnetic anisotrophy should involve a subtle molecular disorder, mostly due to an alteration of the rhodopsin molecule.




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