A Calcium-Independent Chloride Current Activated by Hyperpolarization in Xenopus Oocytes
Abstract
Hyperpolarization of oocytes of Xenopus laevis usually elicits mainly passive currents. However, when polarized to potentials more negative than about -100 mV, oocytes obtained from some donors show a relatively well maintained current that is carried mainly by chloride ions. This response does not depend upon external calcium, and is thus clearly different from the calcium-dependent transient chloride current previously described.
- Publication:
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B
- Pub Date:
- March 1988
- DOI:
- 10.1098/rspb.1988.0018
- Bibcode:
- 1988RSPSB.233..191P