Transport Through Membranes
Subtitle: Carriers, Channels and Pumps (Jerusalem Symposia)
Contributors: A. Pullman (Editor); J. Jortner (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: November 30, 1988
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 560
ISBN-13: 9789027728319
Subjects: Biochemistry; Inorganic chemistry; Membrane Physiology; Science; Science/Mathematics; Membranes (Biology); Chemistry - Physical & Theoretical; Life Sciences - Biochemistry; Life Sciences - Cytology; Science / Biochemistry; Biological transport; Congresses
First sentence: In order to act as carriers, i.e. to transport charged species through hydrophobic membranes, macrocyclic receptors have to be able not only to bind that ion in the organic phase but also to catch and release it at the water interface (1).