Urea permeability of human red cells

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1983, Pages 1-23

  Brahm, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; NORMAL HUMAN; UREA C 14;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DIFFUSION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMAN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IN VITRO; PHLORETIN; SULFHYDRYL REAGENTS; TEMPERATURE; THIOUREA; UREA;

EID: 0020608492     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 15407748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.82.1.1     Document Type: Article

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