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Abstract
Voltage transients are induced by brief light flashed on bilayer membranes with absorbed 3,3'-bis(alpha-(trimethylammonium)methyl)azobenzene (Bis-Q). The voltages are positive for trans-to-cis photo-isomerization, and negative for cis-to-trans photo-isomerization. The risetimes in phosphatidylethanolamine-decane bilayer membranes indicate that absorbed trans-Bis-Q is photo-isomerized to cis within 2 microseconds, and that cis is photo-isomerized to trans within 15 microseconds.Entities:
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Year: 1979 PMID: 262438 PMCID: PMC1328587 DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(79)85220-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biophys J ISSN: 0006-3495 Impact factor: 4.033