title: Cooperative behavior of K+ channels in the tonoplast of Chara corallina.
abstract: Spontaneous cooperatively of K+ channels is studied in excised patches of Chara corallina tonoplasts. Bar histograms (dwell time versus number of open channels) are constructed from the time series of current by means of the higher-order Hinkley detector (R. Schultze and S. Draber. 1993. J. Membr. Biol. 132:41-52). A statistical test, based on these bar histograms, shows that the channels are not independent. Further analysis reveals that the channels are cooperatively changing their open probability, which leads to the idea of cooperative mode shifting.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Angewandte Physik, Universität Kiel, Germany.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Draber
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schultze
authors.forename: U P
authors.initials: UP
authors.lastname: Hansen
mesh_terms: D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D000460:Chlorophyta / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000378:metabolism; D015640:Ion Channel Gating; D007700:Kinetics; D008954:Models, Biological; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000378:metabolism*; D011336:Probability; D014617:Vacuoles / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015221:Potassium Channels