Solvent Drag across Gramicidin Channels Demonstrated by Microelectrodes
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Solvent drag across gramicidin channels demonstrated by microelectrodes.
The competition of ion and water fluxes across gramicidin channels was assessed from the concentration distributions of both pore-impermeable and -permeable cations that were simultaneously measured by double-barreled microelectrodes in the immediate vicinity of a planar bilayer. Because water movement across the membrane led to accumulation of solutes on one side of the membrane and depletion ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biophysical Journal
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0006-3495
DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(00)76786-5