Permeation of ammonia across bilayer lipid membranes studied by ammonium ion selective microelectrodes

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2187-2195

  Antonenko, Yuri N ^a   Pohl, Peter ^b   Denisov, Gennady A ^b,c  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PROTON;

ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; ION SELECTIVE ELECTRODE; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MICROELECTRODE; PH;

EID: 0030897747     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78862-3     Document Type: Article

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