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Sodium Extrusion by Giant Muscle Fibres from the Barnacle

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THE neuromuscular physiology of giant muscle fibres from the barnacle has been described in some detail by Hoyle and Smyth1. Single striated muscle fibres up to about 2 mm in diameter have been found. Such fibres have cross-striations similar to those of vertebrate skeletal muscle cells and maintain an internal electrical negativity of from −74 to −80 mV.

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  1. L. A. BEAUGÉ: Fellow of the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina.

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BEAUGÉ, L., SJODIN, R. Sodium Extrusion by Giant Muscle Fibres from the Barnacle. Nature 215, 1307–1308 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2151307a0

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