| Range |
~0.01 mN/m
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| Organism |
Unspecified |
| Reference |
Dai J, Sheetz MP, Wan X, Morris CE (1998) Membrane tension
in swelling and shrinking molluscan neurons. J Neurosci
18: 6681–6692 p.6682 left column 2nd paragraphPubMed ID9712640
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| Primary Source |
Hochmuth RM, Shao J, Dai J, Sheetz MP (1996) Deformation and flow of membrane into tethers extracted from neuronal growth cones. Biophys J 70: 358 –369.PubMed ID8770212
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| Comments |
"Neuronal membrane tension is ~10^-2 mN/m (primary source). Might tension vary sufficiently during swell–shrink excursions
to impact directly on channels, or is tension regulated near
some low set-point? Answers to such fundamental questions
require a quantitative knowledge of tension in osmotically perturbed
cells and are important for the intimately related issues of
cell surface area regulation, cell volume regulation, and cell shape
regulation." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
110849 |