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Science 13 May 1983:
Vol. 220. no. 4598, pp. 717 - 719
DOI: 10.1126/science.6301014
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Science, Vol 220, Issue 4598, 717-719
Copyright © 1983 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Single-channel fluctuations in bimolecular lipid membranes induced by rat olfactory epithelial homogenates

V Vodyanoy and RB Murphy

Chemosensitive single-channel fluctuations were observed to be induced in essentially solvent-free lipid bimolecular membranes by the addition of sonicated homogenates of rat olfactory epithelium. The chemosensitive channels were not observed when respiratory epithelium homogenates were used instead. Ionic selectivity is consistent with potassium ions as the charge carrier. These channels may be associated with the initial events of chemoreception in the rat olfactory epithelium.


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