Electromigration of polyion homopolymers across biomembranes: A biophysical model

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 87, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 167-178

  Janas, Teresa ^a   Krajiński, Henryk ^b   Janas, Tadeusz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIELONA GÓRA   (Poland)

^b PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Electrical equivalent circuit; Membrane transport; Polyanion flux; Polycation flux; Polysialic acid

Indexed keywords

POLYANION; POLYCATION; POLYMER; POLYSIALIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ION CURRENT; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; BIOPHYSICS; BIOPOLYMERS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MEMBRANES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIALIC ACIDS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0034735661     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4622(00)00189-7     Document Type: Article

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