Theoretical and Experimental Basis for a Specific Countertransport System in Membranes
- 23 April 1971
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 172 (3981), 377-379
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.172.3981.377
Abstract
A sodium ion carrier transport system contains the antibiotic monensin in the membrane and uses a pH gradient as an energy source. The experimental results are in accord with theoretical predictions based on a mechanism which is understood on a molecular level.Keywords
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