Ultrastructure of the sodium pump: Comparison of thin sectioning, negative staining, and freeze-fracture of purified, membrane-bound (Na+, K+)-ATPase

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1977, Pages 619-634

  Deguchi, Nobuhiro ^a,b   Jørgensen, Peter Leth ^a   Maunsbach, Arvid B ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

(Na+, K+) ATPase; Electron microscopy; Freezefracture; Membrane proteins; Membrane substructures; Sodium pump

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); OUABAIN;

CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HENLE LOOP; HISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; RAT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATASE; CELL MEMBRANE; FREEZE FRACTURING; KIDNEY MEDULLA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

EID: 0017749520     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 15408140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.75.3.619     Document Type: Article

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