The Journal of Biological Physics and Chemistry

2002

Volume 2, Number 3/4, p. 77-79

Pavel Grigoriev
Institute of Cell Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142290 Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia

Unified carrier-channel model of ion transfer across lipid bilayer membranes

A model of transmembrane ion transfer comprising both ion-carrier and counterion channel functions is reviewed. It is the basis for explaining experimental data obtained over a rather wide range of experimental conditions (temperature, transmembrane voltage, salt composition etc.) in a unified way.

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