ION MOVEMENTS STUDIED WITH SINGLE ISOLATED ELECTROPLAX
ION MOVEMENTS STUDIED WITH SINGLE ISOLATED ELECTROPLAX
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1749-6632.1959.tb49314.x
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发表时间:
1959-01-01
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SCHOFFENIELS, E
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SCHOFFENIELS, E
A monocellular preparation developed during the last 3 years from the electric organ of Electrophorus electricus is adequate for measuring ion fluxes across a conducting and a nonconducting membrane. In contrast to the complex preparations used until 1955, in which pieces of electroplax were studied, the new preparation contains only a single isolated electroplax. This cellular unit separates 2 pools of fluid, the one bathing exclusively the conducting, the other the nonconducting membrane of the cell. All ions moving from one pool to the other must pass through the cellular membranes. The new preparation has eliminated many limitations and difficulties encountered previously and offers an interesting and in many respects unique tool for the study of physical and chemical factors underlying the generation of bioelectric currents with the aid of a cell highly specialized for this function. Some results thus far observed are presented.