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3H-labelled phloretin was shown to be bound reversibly by human erythrocyte and ghost membranes but not to penetrate across them in either direction. Kinetic parameters ofd-xylose andd-galactose transport in intact cells and in ghosts, as well as the inhibition by phloretin of these transports were found to be in fair agreement. By enclosing phloretin in ghosts, its inhibition of monosaccharide transport was found to be symmetrical and thus an equivalence of the outer and the inner membrane sides of the human erythrocyte was demonstrated.
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Beneš, I., Kolínská, J. & Kotyk, A. Effect of phloretin on monosaccharide transport in erythrocyte ghosts. J. Membrain Biol. 8, 303–309 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01868107
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