Membrane conductances for Ca2+ in cultured rat pigment epithelial cells were studied in the whole-cell configuration of the patch-clamp technique using barium (10 mM) as a charge carrier. Two types of voltage-dependent and verapamiland diltiazem-sensitive Ba2+ currents were observed. First, a nearly
Transport of protons and lactate in cultured human fetal retinal pigment epithelial cells
โ Scribed by Steffen Hamann; Morten la Cour; Ge Ming Lui; Magnus Bundgaard; Thomas Zeuthen
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 252 KB
- Volume
- 440
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0031-6768
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