SIZE LIMIT OF MOLECULES PERMEATING JUNCTIONAL MEMBRANE CHANNELS
SIZE LIMIT OF MOLECULES PERMEATING JUNCTIONAL MEMBRANE CHANNELS
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DOI:
10.1126/science.831276
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发表时间:
1977-01-01
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影响因子:
56.9
通讯作者:
LOEWENSTEIN, WR
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作者:
SIMPSON, I;ROSE, B;LOEWENSTEIN, WR
The permeability of the cell-to-cell membrane channels in salivary gland cell junction (Chironomus thummi) was probed with fluorescent-labeled amino acids and synthetic or natural peptides. Molecules up to 1200 daltons pass through the channels with velocities depending on molecular size. Molecules .gtoreq. 1900 daltons do not pass. This passage failure seems to reflect the normal size limit for junctional channel permeation; the channels continue to be permeated by the molecules up to 1200 daltons when these are mixed with the nonpermeant molecules. From this size limit a channel diameter of 10-14 .ANG. is estimated.