Membrane Electrical Noise in Chara corallina

Plasmalemma Voltage Noise in Chara corallina.

Voltage noise analysis is applied to plasmalemma ion transport in Chara corallina. There is a component in the noise power spectrum that is probably associated with current fluctuations within passive transport channels, and another component that may be associated either with fluctuations in the number of open channels, or with active transport. The data allow the calculation of time constants...

Simultaneous Measurements of Cytoplasmic K Concentration and the Plasma Membrane Electrical Parameters in Single Membrane Samples of Chara corallina.

The electrophysiological properties of cytoplasm-rich fragments (single membrane samples) prepared from internodal cells of Chara corallina were explored in conjunction with K(+)-sensitive microelectrode and current-voltage (I-V) measurements. This system eliminated the problem of the inaccessible cytoplasmic layer, while preserving many of the electrical characteristics of the intact cells. In...

Cytoplasmic streaming in Chara corallina studied by laser light scattering.

An apparatus is described by means of which the power versus frequency spectrum of the photomultiplier current can be obtained for laser light scattered by streaming cytoplasm in the algal cell Chara corallina. A Doppler peak is noted in the spectrum which is abolished when cytoplasmic streaming is arrested by electrical stimulation. For 5 cells of Chara, this simple laser-Doppler velocimeter g...

A novel calcium-activated protease in Chara corallina

Membrane Operational Impedance Spectra in Chara corallina Estimated by Laplace Transforms Analysis.

The membrane operational impedance spectrum of Chara corallina Klein ex Willd. (R. Brown) cells is investigated using Laplace transform analysis. The spectrum changes with both amplitude and sign of the electrical stimulation when time- and voltage-dependent K(+) channels contribute to the membrane conductance. We compare the advantages and disadvantage of this technique for studying membrane i...