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Properties of the single Cl− channels were studied in excised patches of surface membrane from molluscan neurones using single-channel recording technique. These channels are controlled by Ca2+ and K+ acting on cytoplasmic and outer membrane surfaces, respectively, and by the membrane potential. The channels display about 16 intermediate conductance sublevels, each of them being multiples of ∼12.5 pS. The upper level of the channel conductance is about 200 pS. The channel behavior is consistent with an aggregation of channel-forming subunits into a cluster.
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Geletyuk, V.I., Kazachenko, V.N. Single Cl− channels in molluscan neurones: Multiplicity of the conductance states. J. Membrain Biol. 86, 9–15 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01871605
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