Quantum jumps of conductance during formation of membrane channels at cell–cell junction
- 1 July 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature
- Vol. 274 (5667) , 133-136
- https://doi.org/10.1038/274133a0
Abstract
Cells from Xenopus laevis embryos were studied. Junction between pairs of cells was induced in vitro while continuously monitoring the evolving electrical coupling with a method of high resolution. The cell-to-cell conductance of a nascent cell junction increases by stable quantal steps. The steps evidently reflect the opening of stable cell-to-cell channels, all alike and growing progressively in number.This publication has 25 references indexed in Scilit:
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