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Science 21 January 1977:
Vol. 195. no. 4275, pp. 292 - 294
DOI: 10.1126/science.299785
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Science, Vol 195, Issue 4275, 292-294
Copyright © 1977 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Sodium-specific membrane channels of frog skin are pores: current fluctuations reveal high turnover

B Lindemann and W Van Driessche

The reversible sodium transport blocker amiloride causes current fluctuations at the apical membrane of the outer stratum granulosum of frog skin. Their power density spectra reveal that single transport sites translocate more than 10(6) sodium ions per second, which indicates a pore mechanism. The density of open plus amiloride-blocked pores is in the order of 10(8) pores per square centimeter of skin area with 60 millimolar sodium and 18 micromolar amiloride in the outer solution.


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