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TY - JOUR
T1 - Laser ablation of the cell wall and localized patch clamping of the plasma membrane in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus
T2 - characterization of an anion-selective efflux channel
AU - Roberts, Stephen K.
AU - Dixon, Graham K.
AU - Dunbar, Stuart J.
AU - Sanders, Dale
PY - 1997/12
Y1 - 1997/12
N2 - We have used a pulsed u.v. laser to ablate the cell wall of the filamentous fungus Aspergillus niger van Tiegh., and expose the plasma membrane at defined points along the hypha. Using the patch clamp technique, giga ohm seals (up to 20 G Omega) and recordings of plasma membrane ion channels were obtained. We describe, for the first time in fungi, a 43 pS plasma membrane anion efflux channel. Its potential role in cell signalling and pH homeostasis is discussed.
AB - We have used a pulsed u.v. laser to ablate the cell wall of the filamentous fungus Aspergillus niger van Tiegh., and expose the plasma membrane at defined points along the hypha. Using the patch clamp technique, giga ohm seals (up to 20 G Omega) and recordings of plasma membrane ion channels were obtained. We describe, for the first time in fungi, a 43 pS plasma membrane anion efflux channel. Its potential role in cell signalling and pH homeostasis is discussed.
KW - laser ablation
KW - anion channel
KW - Aspergillus
KW - MECHANOSENSITIVE ION CHANNEL
KW - OOMYCETE SAPROLEGNIA-FERAX
KW - HYPHAL TIP GROWTH
KW - GUARD-CELLS
KW - SIGNAL-TRANSDUCTION
KW - VOLTAGE
KW - MICROSURGERY
KW - CALCIUM
KW - SACCHAROMYCES
KW - PLANTS
U2 - 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1997.00862.x
DO - 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1997.00862.x
M3 - Journal article
VL - 137
SP - 579
EP - 585
JO - New Phytologist
JF - New Phytologist
SN - 0028-646X
IS - 4
ER -