Assertion: membrane's pore | /r/CapableOf | allow passage of larger ions
Facets:
value: preferentially
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The tendency to dehydrate, or the facility to do this, is related to the size of the ion: larger ions can do it more easily that the smaller ions, so that a pore with weak polar centres will preferentially allow passage of larger ions over the smaller ones.