A Peculiar Substructure in the Postsynaptic Membrane of Torpedo Electroplax

1 February 1974

journal article
Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Vol. 71 (2) , 307-310
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.71.2.307

Abstract

Freeze-etching of Torpedo marmorata electroplax reveals an unusual substructure in one of the fracture faces of the postsynaptic membrane. This substructure consists of a lattice of closely spaced particles that are smaller than the usual 80- to 90-Å particles present in other membrane types. The lattice occurs exclusively on the B-face of the postsynaptic membrane.

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