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A comment on models of ion transport across cell membranes

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One usually thinks of ionic flow across membranes as controlled by modulation of the energies needed by an ion to get into a membrane. Examination of these energies shows that they are not only large enough to perturb the ionic distribution but also sufficient to deform a thin membrane. The deformability of a cell membrane may then be related to its control of ionic current.

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Parsegian, V.A. A comment on models of ion transport across cell membranes. Ann Biomed Eng 3, 433–438 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02409327

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