Title:

On Excitation of Biological Substances

Creator:

Steele, Richard H.
Szent-Gyorgyi, Albert, 1893-1986

Date:

15 June 1957

Description:

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.

Periodical:

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Publisher:

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

Rights:

Reprinted with permission from the National Foundation for Cancer Research. For additional copies or more information, please call 1-800-321-CURE or visit our Web site at and http://www.nfcr.org/

Genre:

Articles

Subject:

Energy Metabolism

Format:

Text

Extent:

15 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Periodical. Steele, Richard H., and Albert Szent-Gyorgyi. "On Excitation of Biological Substances." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 43, 6 (15 June 1957): 477-491. Article. 15 Images.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Legacy ID:

WGBBHR

NLM ID:

101584924X119

Profiles Collection:

The Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584924X119

Story Section:

The Institute for Muscle Research, 1947-1972