The The Mechanism of Diffusion of Ions across a Phase Boundary and through Cell Walls.
The The Mechanism of Diffusion of Ions across a Phase Boundary and through Cell Walls.
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离子穿过相界和细胞壁的扩散机制。
DOI:
10.1021/j150476a003
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发表时间:
1950
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通讯作者:
J. Davies
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作者:
J. Davies
Although the problem of the diffusion of material across the plasma membrane of a living cell has been studied for many years, there is still considerable con-troversy over the cause of thewidely differing diffusion rates and correlation of these with a picture of the structure of the cell wall. Since the diffusion of ions is known to proceed often against concentration gradients and is frequently much slower than that of nonelectrolytes, it is perhaps inevitable that more progress has been made in interpreting the permeability figures of the latter in terms of oil-water partition coefficients, molecular size, molecular weight, polarity, tempera-ture, and, in some cases, also the pore diameter of the cell wall. The work of Collander and of Overton must be specially noted in this connection (16, 19, 22, 46, 50, 55). Even under the most favorable conditions for diffusion, when we con-sider a nonionic solute (eg, triethyl citrate (16)), equally soluble in the oil and in the aqueous phases, the diffusion constant is about 100,000 times smaller than that inwater. Most diffusing electrolytes and nonelectrolytes have still lower diffusion rates across the cell wall.