ISSN:
1089-7550
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
We have discovered spin-glass structures in different biological systems like animal and plant tissues, cells, chloroplasts, mitochondria, etc. These structures were detected by the ESR method. This work has been done using a synchronous culture of yeasts, saccharomyces cer. To detect spin-glass structures in a biological system, the sample must be cooled in the presence of a strong magnetic field, from 77 to 10 K. After such cooling, we recorded the ESR signal at g factor about 3.0 caused by spin-glass structures. The rotation of the sample at 10 K relative to the permanent magnetic field (always present in ESR experiments) leads to the significant change in the intensity of the ESR signal as well as in its shape. The curve of the dependence of the ESR signal intensity on the magnetic field in which the sample was cooled is S-shaped. The cooling of the same sample in zero magnetic field resulted in the absence of the ESR signal at g=3,0. It had been shown that the maximum ESR signal at g factor about 3,0 was reached 15 min before the beginning of mitosis. The study of the properties of the ESR signal at g=3,0 allowed us to make the conclusion that the paramagnetic centers responsible for this signal have been formed by Fe(II) ions localized at the chromosomes. Formed during mitosis, spin-glass structures which play a significant role in cell biology, can be detected only by the ESR method in field cooling experiments.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.356666
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