A study of porous structure of cellular membranes in human erythrocytes.
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.
Kargol
Armin
A
Physics Department, Loyola University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA. akargol@loyno.edu
Przestalski
Maciej
M
Kargol
Marian
M
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
D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D014867:Water