Article
Inhibition of Mg2+ current by single-gene mutation in Paramecium.
The Journal of membrane biology - 1 May 1994
Preston R R, Kung C
Abstract excerpt
"Eccentric" is a newly-isolated mutant of Paramecium tetraurelia that fails to swim backwards in response to Mg2+. In the wild type, this backward swimming results from Mg2+ influx via a Mg(2+)-specific ion conductance (IMg). Voltage-clamp analysis confirmed that, as suspected, step changes in me...
Topics
- Action Potentials
- Animals
- Calcium
- Cell Movement
- Genes, Protozoan
- Genes, Recessive
- Genes, Regulator
- Ion Channels
- Magnesium
- Models, Biological
- Mutation
- Paramecium tetraurelia
- Phenotype