Low permeabilities of apical membranes of barrier epithelia: What makes watertight membranes watertight?

American Journal of Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 2 PART 2, 1996, Pages

  Zeidel, Maek L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Collecting duct; Epithelial polarity; Kidney epithelium; Loop of henle; Membrane permeability; Plasma membranes

Indexed keywords

BILAYER MEMBRANE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL POLARITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; HENLE LOOP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROGEN BOND; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; KIDNEY EPITHELIUM; LIPID BILAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; EPITHELIUM; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STOMACH; URINARY BLADDER; WATER;

EID: 0029736799     PISSN: 00029513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.1996.271.2.f243     Document Type: Article

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