Determination of the individual electrical and transport properties of the plasmalemma and the tonoplast of the giant marine alga Ventricaria ventricosa by means of the integrated perfusion/charge-pulse technique: Evidence for a multifolded tonoplast

Journal of Membrane Biology

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 183-197

  Ryser, C ^a   Wang, J ^a   Mimietz, S ^a   Zimmermann, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Membrane capacitance; Membrane folding; Membrane resistance; Nystatin; Plasmalemma; Tonoplast; Vacuolar perfusion

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ALGA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; TONOPLAST;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGAE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IONS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NYSTATIN; POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; VENTRICARIA VENTRICOSA;

EID: 0033062723     PISSN: 00222631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002329900508     Document Type: Article

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