CURRENT-VOLTAGE RELATIONS DURING ILLUMINATION - PHOTORECEPTOR MEMBRANE OF A BARNACLE

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作者
BROWN, HM
MEECH, RW
KOIKE, H
HAGIWARA, S
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[1] Division of Marine Biology, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, San Diego
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10.1126/science.166.3902.240
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
In voltage clamped photoreceptor cells of the barnacle, light-induced membrane current varied nonlinearly with membrane potential and changed sign at about +27 millivolts (reversal potential) independently of light intensity. Instantaneous current-voltage relations were linear and intersected the voltage axis at the reversal potential. Illumination increased membrane conductance that was dependent on membrane potential, light intensity, and time.
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