Effects of pH on a high conductance Ca-dependent chloride channel: A patch-clamp study in Ascaris suum

Parasitology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-198

  Robertson, A P ^a   Martin, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ascaris suum; Cl channel; effective gating charge; patch clamp; pH

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CHLORIDE; CHLORIDE CHANNEL;

ANAEROBIC GLYCOLYSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCARIS SUUM; CHANNEL GATING; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; ASCARIS SUUM;

EID: 0029834005     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0031182000066439     Document Type: Article

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