Role of leaflet asymmetry in the permeability of model biological membranes to protons, solutes, and gases

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 405-414

  Hill, Warren G ^a   Rivers, Rickey L ^a   Zeidel, Mark L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier function; CO2; Epithelia; Membrane fluidity; NH3

Indexed keywords

ACETAMIDE; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYCHOLINE; FORMAMIDE; GLYCEROL; LIPOSOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA DERIVATIVE;

APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; METAL BINDING;

ACETAMIDES; ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; CARBON DIOXIDE; FORMAMIDES; GASES; LIPID BILAYERS; LIPOSOMES; PERMEABILITY; PROTONS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLUTIONS; TEMPERATURE; UREA; WATER;

EID: 0032885938     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.114.3.405     Document Type: Article

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