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. 1981 Apr 1;195(1):329–332. doi: 10.1042/bj1950329

High-molecular-weight catecholamine--ATP aggregates are absent from the chromaffin-granule aqueous phase.

R Sen, R R Sharp
PMCID: PMC1162889  PMID: 7306058

Abstract

Direct n.m.r. studies show that the viscous liquid phase which separates from solutions containing physiological concentrations of noradrenaline, ATP and Ca2+ is not present in the chromaffin-granule interior. This finding is verified for both adrenaline and noradrenaline by using 13C n.m.r. spectra.

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