Frequency-dependent capacitance of the apical membrane of frog skin: Dielectric relaxation processes

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 1 I, 1999, Pages 219-232

  Awayda, Mouhamed S ^a,c   Van Driessche, Willy ^b   Helman, Sandy I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM ION;

ANIMAL CELL; APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; FROG; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE BINDING; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE MODEL; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; SKIN CELL;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA PIPIENS;

EID: 0032958730     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77191-2     Document Type: Article

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