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  • Title: Electron microscopic observation on phase transition of purple membrane.
    Author: Kataoka M, Hisatomi O, Tokunaga F, Washioka H, Tonosaki A.
    Journal: J Biochem; 1982 Nov; 92(5):1667-70. PubMed ID: 7153217.
    Abstract:
    Structural changes during the thermal phase transition of purple membrane were observed by freeze-fracture electron microscopy. Native Halobacterium halobium cells contain broad purple membrane areas about 1 micron in diameter. The boundary separating purple and red membranes is obvious. On warming at 80 degrees C, particles of red membrane spread out beyond the boundary. Then a purple membrane area is eventually divided into small areolae of similar size, about 0.1 micron in diameter. By cooling down slowly, the purple membrane area is reformed and the crystalline arrangement also restored.
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