title: Single ion channels in the slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum.
abstract: Single ion channels with different conductances and gating characteristics were observed in the plasma membrane of the slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum by means of the patch-clamp technique in the cell-attached mode. The predominant channel type shows outward current flow, probably carried by K+ ions. The slope conductance of this channel is 9 pS and its probability to be open increases with depolarization of the membrane. The channel is observed from 1 to 8 h after the beginning of starvation.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Mūller
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Malchow
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hartung
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004023:Dictyostelium / Q000378:metabolism*; D015640:Ion Channel Gating; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000378:metabolism*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D015221:Potassium Channels