A novel voltage clamp technique for mapping ionic currents from cultured skeletal myotubes

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2963-2972

  Anson, Blake D ^a,b   Roberts, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ION CURRENT; ION TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MYOTUBE; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0031860935     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)78003-8     Document Type: Article

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