Solvent drag across gramicidin channels demonstrated by microelectrodes

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2426-2434

  Pohl, Peter ^a   Saparov, Sapar M ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAMICIDIN; MEMBRANE PHOSPHOLIPID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MICROELECTRODE; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE;

EID: 0034068151     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76786-5     Document Type: Article

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