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Cation and Anion Permeability Constants for the Muscle Fibre Membrane

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THE following simple experiments allow of first approximate determinations of permeability constants of salts of potassium, rubidium and cæsium across the muscle membrane of the frog's sartorius. (As will be shown later, ammonium salts are unexpected in their behaviour.)

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    E. J. CONWAY & P. T. MOORE

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CONWAY, E., MOORE, P. Cation and Anion Permeability Constants for the Muscle Fibre Membrane. Nature 156, 170–171 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/156170a0

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