LIGHT-SCATTERING STUDIES ON RABBIT BRAIN MICROSOMES .I. EVIDENCE FOR OSMOTIC BEHAVIOR

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KAMINO, K
INOUYE, A
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[1] Department of Physiology, Kyoto University School of Medicine, Kyoto
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10.1016/0005-2736(69)90127-8
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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The osmotic behavior of microsomal vesicles isolated from rabbit brain was studied by light-scattering measurements. When suspended in sucrose solutions of various osmolar concentrations, angular scanning of the intensity of light scattered by microsomes was found to afford a means of estimating relative volume changes of microsomal vesicles on the basis of light-scattering theory. With this method, it was demonstrated that, as reported by Tedeschi et al.3 and Tedeschi and Harris8,7, the Boyle-Van't Hoff's relationship was applicable to the osmotic behavior of microsomal vesicles in sucrose media. In NaCl or KCl solutions, microsomes also responded as osmometers to changes in the osmotic pressure. © 1969.
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