The effect of a transmembrane osmotic flux on the ion concentration distribution in the immediate membrane vicinity measured by microelectrodes

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1711-1718

  Pohl, Peter ^a,b   Saparov, Sapar M ^a   Antonenko, Yuri N ^a,c  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b Medical Faculty   (Germany)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DIFFUSION; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PASSIVE TRANSPORT; POLARIZATION; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 0030976097     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78817-9     Document Type: Article

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