Single-channel currents of an intercellular junction
- 1 September 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature
- Vol. 317 (6035), 331-335
- https://doi.org/10.1038/317331a0
Abstract
We have used a double whole-cell patch-clamp system to make the first quantitative recordings of the single-channel current from an intercellular junction, presumably a gap junction. The junctional channel has various conductance states and discriminates poorly between cations and anions. It seems to change slowly from one conductance state to another.Keywords
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