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. 1979 Sep;27(3):455–460. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(79)85229-7

Light-scattering studies of the monomer-dimer states of gramicidin A.

F Rondelez, J D Litster
PMCID: PMC1328600  PMID: 95568

Abstract

Measurements of the intensity and autocorrelation function of ligh quasielastically scattered by gramicidin A indicate that the molecules exist as dimers in methanol and dioxane and monomers in dimethyl sulfoxide when solute concentrations range from 18 to 50 mg/ml. This gives further evidence that gramicidin A can dimerize in low-polarity media such as the hydrocarbon part of the membrane bilayers.

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