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IONIC PERMEABILITY OF SKELETAL MUSCLE FIBRES

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A CERTAIN kind of ionic permeability would appear to be of advantage to the cells of higher organisms1. As there was strong evidence that it exists in skeletal muscle2,3, liver cells, and those of the proximal convoluted tubules4, it was termed the 'standard' permeability for ions ; and it was believed to apply to at least the greater fraction of the soft tissues of the higher organisms, and possibly to all or almost all such cells in their formative periods.

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CONWAY, E. IONIC PERMEABILITY OF SKELETAL MUSCLE FIBRES. Nature 157, 715–717 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157715a0

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