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Abstract
Duodenal absorptive cells from animals fed large amounts of sodium or potassium contain many mitochondria with internal granules. Many mitochondrial granules are also present in cells which transport large amounts of cation. The hypothesis is advanced that the mitochondrial granule represents cation segregated within the mitochondrion. A mechanism is suggested for the segregation of excessive intracellular potassium, and for the transport of cations across cells.Entities:
Keywords: DUODENUM/effect of drugs on; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITOCHONDRIA; POTASSIUM/effects; SODIUM/effects
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Year: 1955 PMID: 13271690 PMCID: PMC2136543 DOI: 10.1084/jem.102.6.783
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Exp Med ISSN: 0022-1007 Impact factor: 14.307