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Abstract
A method is presented for isolating cardiac mitochondria from bony-fish. Calcium levels in ventricular whole tissue and isolated mitochondria of Gadus virens L. are determined by atomic absorption flame spectroscopy, and were found to be about 8 and 16 nmolCa/mg prot., respectively. In conclusion, the calcium concentration within the myocardial mitochondria in this species may be nearly three times higher than at the outside, and probably these structures serve as a "calcium sink". The results are compared with those previously reported for mammals.Entities:
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Year: 1984 PMID: 6208170 DOI: 10.1007/bf00490108
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Histochemistry ISSN: 0301-5564