Abstract
Using choline-methyl-C14 as a tracer, it has been shown that choline+ penetrates into the cells of resting frog skeletal muscle at a rate similar to that of Na+, and that it escapes from these cells much more slowly than does Na+. Some implications of these findings are discussed.
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