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The method of condensed matter physics is applied to reason out the problem of Na transport through a biological membrane. A similiarity of gating process in Na ion channel to the superionic phase transition is discussed. A possible microscopic mechanism is suggested.
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Rakitin, A., Kobayashi, M., Bilim, V. et al. Gating processes in Na-channel of biological membrane from the standpoint of superionic phase transition. Ionics 4, 82–87 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02375783
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