A voltage-dependent chloride channel from Tetrahymena ciliary membrane incorporated into planar lipid bilayers

Low-conductance chloride channel from crayfish skeletal muscle incorporated into planar lipid bilayers.

Low-conductance chloride channel from skeletal muscle SR vesicles of the crayfish Astacus fluviatilis was incorporated into planar lipid bilayers and its basic characteristics were investigated. The channel has a relatively low unitary conductance of 26 pS in symmetrical 160 mmol/l choline-chloride. The dependence of the channel conductance on Cl- concentration shows saturating behavior with a ...

DHP-sensitive Ca2+ channels from crayfish skeletal muscle T-tubules incorporated into planar lipid bilayers.

Two types of potassium channels from the internal membrane system of the crayfish muscle incorporated into planar lipid bilayers.

Potassium channels constitute the most diverse and widespread class of ion channels known. K channels have been found in all cells which display action potentials mediated by sodium or calcium ions. The different types of K channels are very often present in the same cells which shows, that their diversity is not associated with the cell type (for review see Latorre and Miller 1983; Rudy 1988)....

Gating kinetics of Ca2+-activated K+ channels from rat muscle incorporated into planar lipid bilayers. Evidence for two voltage- dependent Ca2+ binding reactions

The gating kinetics of a Ca2+-activated K+ channel from adult rat muscle plasma membrane are studied in artificial planar bilayers. Analysis of single-channel fluctuations distinguishes two Ca2+- and voltage-dependent processes: (a) short-lived channel closure (less than 1 ms) events appearing in a bursting pattern; (b) opening and closing events ranging from one to several hundred milliseconds...

A chloride channel from lobster walking leg nerves. Characterization of single-channel properties in planar bilayers

A novel, small conductance of Cl- channel was characterized by incorporation into planar bilayers from a plasma membrane preparation of lobster walking leg nerves. Under conditions of symmetrical 100 mM NaCl, 10 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.4, single Cl- channels exhibit rectifying current-voltage (I-V) behavior with a conductance of 19.2 +/- 0.8 pS at positive voltages and 15.1 +/- 1.6 pS in the voltage ...