title: Orientation of skeletal muscle actin in strong magnetic fields.
abstract: Measurement of birefringence is used to follow actin filament and paracrystal formation in a strong magnetic field. Both F-actin and paracrystals orientate parallel to the field. This confirms that globular proteins arranged in filamentous assemblies can orientate in magnetic fields. This is consistent with the alpha-helical component of the actin subunits being approximately aligned along the actin filament.
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001718:Birefringence; D007700:Kinetics; D008280:Magnetics; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009132:Muscles / Q000378:metabolism*; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D000199:Actins