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Difficulties in testing the possible role of calcium as a Transmitter in the R.O.S. are discussed. A comparison is made with the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum system where calcium flux are easily measured. The latest results reviewed on intact cellular structures are highly indicative but not yet conclusive.
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Chabre, M. Our present knowledge of calcium or hydrogen ions as transmitters in the vertebrate rod outer segments. Biophys. Struct. Mechanism 3, 55–58 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00536454
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00536454