Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology · 1940 · 417 citations · 0 references
Natural SciencesBiophysicsPhysiologyCell BiophysicsMembrane BiophysicsMembrane ScienceIon PermeationMembrane PermeabilityMembrane TransportIon PermeabilityIon Transport Across MembranesIon Transport MembranesMembrane PermeabilizationPlasma Membrane PermeabilitySolute Permeability
The ion permeability of the plasma membrane has long been recognized as an important problem in cell function. A considerable portion of present day blood chemistry, for example, depends upon a membrane permeability to ions. On the other hand, many osmotic measurements of the membrane permeability to water and molecular solutes have been interpreted on the assumption of a negligible ion permeability.