Fusion pore conductance: Experimental approaches and theoretical algorithms

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2374-2387

  Ratinov, Vladimir ^a   Plonsky, Ilya ^a   Zimmerberg, Joshua ^a,b  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTENTIOMETRY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031954979     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77946-9     Document Type: Article

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