Torpedo maculopathy—inferior variant

Torpedo californica electroplax

Polyclonal rabbit antibodies were raised against 4-acetamido-4'-isothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulphonic acid (SITS), an inhibitor of a variety of anion transport proteins. These antibodies specifically recognize SITSreacted erythrocyte band 3 in immunoprecipitations and Western blots. In Western blots of SITS-reacted membrane proteins derived from vesicles of the electric organ of Torpedo califor...

Cholinergic Synaptic Vesicles from Torpedo

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The "torpedo" effect in medicine.

The natural electrical phenomena fascinated humans since antiquity. The electrical discharges produced by the torpedo fish were highly appreciated among ancient physicians as Hippocrates, Scribonius Largus and Galen and were prescribed for headache, gout and prolapsed anus. In the medieval period, torpedo's electrical properties were attributed to occult powers, while Renaissance physicians' an...

Temperature-sensitive expression of all-Torpedo and Torpedo-rat hybrid AChR in mammalian muscle cells

When the four subunits of the Torpedo californica nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR) are expressed in mammalian fibroblasts, they properly assembly into alpha 2 beta gamma delta pentamers only at temperatures lower than 37 degrees C (Claudio, T., W. N. Green, D. S. Hartman, D. Hayden, H. L. Paulson, F. J. Sigworth, S. M. Sine, and A. Swedlund. 1987. Science (Wash. DC). 238:1688-1694). Expe...

Torpedo Nuclease Rat 1 Is