Huf and Ussing performed experiments where they measured a current flowing between two chambers when each...

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Huf and Ussing performed experiments where they measured acurrent flowing between two chambers when each chamber had beenfilled with a saline solution and the chambers were separated bythe skin of a frog. They noted that this current existed whether ornot there was a concentration gradient for Na+ ions between thechambers and that Na+ ions and not Li+ moved between the chambers.Explain and describe the source of the current flow.

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Huf and Ussing experiment was conducted the experiment to measure the properties of epithelial membrane Ussing chamber consisits of two halfs which is separated by an epithelial membrane and this system is used to    See Answer
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