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OUABAIN has been shown to inhibit electrolyte transport in a number of tissues, including erythrocytes1,2, brain and kidney3,4. Ouabain also inhibits that adenosine triphosphatase obtained from membrane and sub-cellular preparations which is stimulated by sodium plus potassium ions5–7. Recent work has shown that this enzyme must play an important part in the mechanism of active ion transport7–10.
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CHARNOCK, J., POST, R. Evidence of the Mechanism of Ouabain Inhibition of Cation Activated Adenosine Triphosphatase. Nature 199, 910–911 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/199910a0
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