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Early changes in membrane potential of Saccharomyces cerevisiae induced by varying extracellular K+, Na+ or H+ concentrations
Recently we introduced a fluorescent probe technique that makes possible to convert changes of equilibrium fluorescence spectra of 3,3’-dipropylthiadicarbocyanine, diS-C3(3), measured in yeast cell suspensions un...
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Monitoring of real changes of plasma membrane potential by diS-C3(3) fluorescence in yeast cell suspensions
The fluorescent dye 3,3′-dipropylthiadicarbocyanine, diS-C3(3), is a suitable probe to monitor real changes of plasma membrane potential in yeast cells which are too small for direct membrane potential measuremen...
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae as Biosensor for Cyto- and Genotoxic Activity
Conventionally, toxicological bioassays are based on rodent models to evaluate the toxic effects of chemical compounds and to study the mechanism of action of toxicants. However, scientific developments are re...
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Electrophysiological and Fluorescence Microscopy Studies with HERG Channel/EGFP Fusion Proteins
HERG (human ether-a-go-go-related gene) encodes the Kv11.1 protein α-subunit that underlies the rapidly activating delayed rectifier K+ current (I Kr) in the heart. Alterations in the func...
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Ring test assessment of the mKir2.1 growth based assay in Saccharomyces cerevisiae using parametric models and model-free fits
Inward rectifying K+ (Kir) channels are a subfamily of the potassium channel superfamily. They mediate potassium influx into the cells, a process responding to the polarization state, a variety of intracellular m...
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Extracellular Mg2+ regulates activation of rat eag potassium channel
The rat homologue of Drosophila ether à gogo cDNA (rat eag) encodes voltage-activated potassium (K) channels with distinct activation properties. Using the Xenopus expression system, we examined the importance of...