Membrane potential and human erythrocyte shape
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Further evidence for a membrane potential-dependent shape transformation of the human erythrocyte membrane.
The influence of various factors (pH, temperature, sodium gluconate) on the ionic strength-dependent stomatocyte-discocyte-echinocyte transformation of the human erythrocyte membrane was investigated. The results give further evidence for a correlation between shape of erythrocyte membrane and the transmembrane potential of the cells.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Biophysical Journal
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0006-3495
DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(97)78769-1