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. 1993 Jun 15;90(12):5691–5694. doi: 10.1073/pnas.90.12.5691

Independently gated multiple substates of an epithelial chloride-channel protein.

A L Finn 1, M Dillard 1, M Gaido 1
PMCID: PMC46787  PMID: 7685910

Abstract

We have purified a protein from Necturus maculosus gallbladder cells that forms chloride channels in an artificial membrane. The same protein apparently can form channels that are highly selective for chloride but can have conductances varying from 9 to about 150 pS. The high-conductance channels are blocked by the monoclonal antibody used to purify the protein, but this antibody has no effect on the 9-pS channels. The observation that gating of the low- and high-conductance states is independent and that the antibody affects only the latter has implications regarding the control of chloride conductance in cell membranes and the different types of channels described in those cells.

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