title: A study of porous structure of cellular membranes in human erythrocytes.
abstract: Properties of cell membrane of human erythrocytes are studied using the mechanistic formalism of membrane transport developed earlier. We estimate that an erythrocyte with a membrane surface of 176 x 10(6)nm2 has about 1900 water-permeable pores with cross-section areas ranging from 0.07 to 0.2 nm2.
authors.affiliation: Physics Department, Loyola University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA. akargol@loyno.edu
authors.forename: Armin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kargol
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Przestalski
authors.forename: Marian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kargol
mesh_terms: D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability / Q000502:physiology*; D004910:Erythrocyte Membrane / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D014867:Water / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D014867:Water