Facilitated diffusion in rabbit erythrocytes

<p>The present kinetic study of the permeability of rabbit erythrocytes has established that carrier systems are involved in the penetration of certain non-electrolytes. Saturation, competitive inhibition, and butanol inhibition kinetics were used to demonstrate the presence of carrier systems and the values of half-saturation constants (ø) were determined for the following water soluble non-electrolytes: glycerol, ethylene glycol, urea, and thiourea.</p><p>These non-electrolytes are commonly used in permeability studies because they are relatively non-toxic and their small sizes allow penetration of the erythrocyte membrane within a reasonable length of time.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science (M.S.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Biological Sciences

Year dc:date.available

1972

Author dc:creator

• Chui, Arthur Hing-cheung

Contributors dc:contributor

• F. R. Hunter

• Erythrocytes Permeability
• Biological transport
• Rabbits Physiology
• Biology
• Life Sciences

Licence

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/1768

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:uop_etds-2767