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Acid-labile Carbon Dioxide in Mammalian Muscle and the Hydrogen Ion Concentration of the Muscle Fibre

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FOR the isolated sartorius muscle of the frog it was found1 that over a wide range of concentration of external potassium and chlorine ions the following relation applied (in accordance with the Donnan principle):

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    E. J. CONWAY & P. J. FEARON

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CONWAY, E., FEARON, P. Acid-labile Carbon Dioxide in Mammalian Muscle and the Hydrogen Ion Concentration of the Muscle Fibre. Nature 153, 54–55 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/153054a0

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