During the 1950s, Szent-Gyorgyi began exploring the physical properties of biological substances (a field he called bioenergetics, electronic biology, or sub-molecular biology). In this study, he and Richard Steele tested the optical properties (e.g., fluorescence) of the structural proteins in animal lenses, six different amino acids, in adenine and several of its derivatives, including adenosine triphosphate (ATP), DNA and RNA, and several other substances.
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15 (1,825,031 Bytes)
Date:
1957-06-15 (June 15, 1957)
Creator:
Steele, Richard H.
Szent-Gyorgyi, Albert
Source:
Periodical: Steele, Richard H., and Albert Szent-Gyorgyi. "On Excitation of Biological Substances." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 43, 6 (15 June 1957): 477-491. Article.
Publisher:
National Academy of Sciences
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