1991
Patch recordings from the electrocytes of Electrophorus electricus. Na currents and PNa/PK variability.
Shenkel S, Sigworth F. Patch recordings from the electrocytes of Electrophorus electricus. Na currents and PNa/PK variability. The Journal Of General Physiology 1991, 97: 1013-1041. PMID: 1650809, PMCID: PMC2216506, DOI: 10.1085/jgp.97.5.1013.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1989
Purified, modified eel sodium channels are active in planar bilayers in the absence of activating neurotoxins.
Shenkel S, Cooper E, James W, Agnew W, Sigworth F. Purified, modified eel sodium channels are active in planar bilayers in the absence of activating neurotoxins. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1989, 86: 9592-9596. PMID: 2556720, PMCID: PMC298544, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.86.23.9592.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1980
Chemical modification reduces the conductance of sodium channels in nerve
Sigworth F, Spalding B. Chemical modification reduces the conductance of sodium channels in nerve. Nature 1980, 283: 293-295. PMID: 6965422, DOI: 10.1038/283293a0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChemical modificationTrimethyloxonium ionSuch chemical modificationsCarboxyl groupsNegative chargeSuch reagentsTMO treatmentPermeability propertiesReagentsLinear instantaneous current-voltage relationshipSmaller single-channel conductancePropertiesPotent poisonNormal KdIonsModificationSaxitoxinCharge