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. 1978 Oct;75(10):4661-3.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.75.10.4661.

A photochemical technique for measuring lateral diffusion of spin-labeled phospholipids in membranes

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A photochemical technique for measuring lateral diffusion of spin-labeled phospholipids in membranes

J R Sheats et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1978 Oct.

Abstract

A technique is described for the measurement of lateral diffusion of any spin-labeled molecule in planar phospholipid multilayers, using low probe concentrations and a photochemical reaction to generate the initial concentration gradient. Features of the technique include simplicity of data analysis, versatility, and applicability over a wide range of motional rates. Measurements have been made on dimyristoyl phosphatidylcholine and dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine in the fluid phase (using a phospholipid with head-group spin label), and excellent agreement is found with recent nuclear magnetic resonance spin-echo measurements, as well as with other spin-label and fluorescence photobleaching results.

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