Investigation of polydisperse actin solutions by quasi-elastic light scattering

Authors

  • P. D. Dobychin B. P. Konstantinov Institute of Nuclear Physics, Academy of Sciences of the USSR Gatchina, Leningrad distr., USSR Author
  • A. V. Lomakin B. P. Konstantinov Institute of Nuclear Physics, Academy of Sciences of the USSR Gatchina, Leningrad distr., USSR Author
  • N. G. Mevkh B. P. Konstantinov Institute of Nuclear Physics, Academy of Sciences of the USSR Gatchina, Leningrad distr., USSR Author
  • V. A. Noskin B. P. Konstantinov Institute of Nuclear Physics, Academy of Sciences of the USSR Gatchina, Leningrad distr., USSR Author
  • S. M. Balabonov B. P. Konstantinov Institute of Nuclear Physics, Academy of Sciences of the USSR Gatchina, Leningrad distr., USSR Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7124/bc.000105

Abstract

The distribution function of actin in solution is restored from the quasi-elastic light scattering spectrum. The «micro-viscosity» of F-actin dilute solutions which is defined by mobility of latexes in the protein solution is discussed. Changes in the distribution function of protein are examined in the process of G-actin association and F-actin dissociation.

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Published

1986-01-20

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Vol. 2 No. 1 (1986)

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Structure and Function of Biopolymers