AM-loading of fluorescent Ca2+ indicators into intact single fibers of frog muscle

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2736-2747

  Zhao, Mingdi ^a   Hollingworth, S ^a   Baylor, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FROG; MICROINJECTION; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0031001820     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78916-1     Document Type: Article

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