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PROTEINS can be adsorbed from the solution on lipid mono-layers at the air water interface. One may expect that a lipid protein film is formed consisting of a closely packed layer of protein molecules attached to the hydrophilic side of the lipid film. The quantity of protein adsorbed can be evaluated by measuring the optical extinction, but this value is only an average of the spatial distribution of the protein molecules1. We have obtained information on the molecular arrangement by electron microscopy.
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FROMHERZ, P. Electron Microscopic Studies of Lipid Protein Films. Nature 231, 267–268 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/231267a0
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