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Automatically associated channels: Kv10.1

Title: Patch-clamp technique in renal physiology.

Authors: L G Palmer

Journal, date & volume: Am. J. Physiol., 1986 Mar , 250, F379-85

PubMed link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2420211

Abstract
The patch-clamp technique of Neher and Sakmann and their colleagues has been widely used over the last 5 years to investigate ion channels in excitable tissues. More recently, it has become useful as a tool to study channels involved in transepithelial ion transport. In this review, I briefly cover the basic concepts behind the patch-clamp technique and the kinds of information that can be obtained with it. I then summarize the applications of the technique to renal tissues and describe some of the channel types that have been observed to date in epithelia.