Abstract
A distinct structural response in disk membranes from frog retinal rod outer segments was found directly proportional to exposure to light. Translocation of rhodopsin from the intradisk hydrophilic surface to the internal hydrophobic phase of the membrane was observed.
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Department of Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106
- W. T. Mason
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Present address and to whom requests for reprints should be sent: The Physiological Laboratory, Downing Street, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, CB2 3EG.
- W. T. Mason
Present address: Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- R. S. Fager
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