Regulation of Intracellular pH in Sea Urchin Eggs by Medium Containing Both Weak Acid and Base.
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Regulation of intracellular pH in sea urchin eggs by medium containing both weak acid and base.
To establish a method of pHi regulation and to understand the pH regulation mechanism in the cell, we investigated the pHi response of unfertilized or fertilized eggs of sea urchin, applying sea water containing both weak permeant acid, acetic acid and/or base, ammonia, to eggs. Pyranine was employed as a pH indicator to measure intracellular pH (pHi) by microfluorometry. The unfertilized/ferti...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cell Structure and Function
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0386-7196,1347-3700
DOI: 10.1247/csf.22.387