Interaction of ions and water in gramicidin a channels: Streaming potentials across lipid bilayer membranes

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1978, Pages 327-340

  Rosenberg, Paul A ^a   Finkelstein, Alan ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM CHLORIDE; GRAMICIDIN A; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BILAYER MEMBRANE; ELECTROKINESIA; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

GRAMICIDIN; ION CHANNELS; MATHEMATICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; WATER;

EID: 0017845979     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 15407748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.72.3.327     Document Type: Article

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