Transmembrane channel formation in rhodopsin-containing bilayer membranes
- 1 May 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Nature
- Vol. 267 (5608), 221-225
- https://doi.org/10.1038/267221a0
Abstract
Rhodopsin [from bovine rod outer segments] was incorporated into planar lipid bilayer membranes. The effect of light was to increase the bilayer permeability in a pattern consistent with the formation of a transmembrane channel of about 10 .ANG. diameter. A model of visual excitation based on a light-activated and voltage-sensitive channel was presented.This publication has 30 references indexed in Scilit:
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