Evidence for a voltage-gated, non-selective cation channel in the human red cell membrane.
Using the patch clamp technique we have identified a voltage-dependent, non-selective cation channel in the human red cell membrane. Basic properties of this channel are reported, and it is proposed that it may be involved in the increased transport of cations which is seen when intact human red cells are suspended in a depolarising media.
Christophersen
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August Krogh Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Bennekou
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D002412:Cations; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D004910:Erythrocyte Membrane / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D015640:Ion Channel Gating; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000502:physiology*; D008564:Membrane Potentials; D011336:Probability
D002412:Cations; D007473:Ion Channels