The study characterizes monoclonal antibodies against the rat skeletal muscle Na+ channel, revealing its native large subunit is ~260 kDa and susceptible to proteolysis during isolation.
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Proteolysis during isolation may artifactually alter apparent channel mass; leaves open in vivo validation of the native 260-kDa form.
Casadei et al. (1984) studied this question.
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