Channel behavior in a gamma-aminobutyrate transporter.

Cammack, J N; Schwartz, E A · Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A · 1996

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Current produced by a gamma-aminobutyrate (GABA) transporter stably transfected into a mammalian cell line was observed in cell-attached and excised membrane patches. When GABA was absent, a fraction of the transporters produced cation-permeable channels. When GABA plus Na+ was on either side of the membrane, the majority of transporters produced a high-frequency current noise attributed to the movement of ions in an occluded pore.

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