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Science 19 March 1965:
Vol. 147. no. 3664, pp. 1442 - 1443
DOI: 10.1126/science.147.3664.1442
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Sodium Pump: Its Electrical Effects in Skeletal Muscle

Antonio S. Frumento 1

1 Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

The variations in the membrane potentials of skeletal muscle fibers which follow high rates of sodium extrusion are not due to changes in the ionic concentrations of the fiber; experiments suggest that sodium is extruded by an electrogenic mechanism.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Strophanthidin-Sensitive Transport of Cesium and Sodium in Muscle Cells.
R. A. Sjodin and L. A. Beauge (1967)
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