Membranes transport dynamics

Painter, G. R., Pressman, B. C. Dynamic Aspects of Ionophore Mediated Membrane Transport, ibid., p. 83M10... 

Dynamic aspects of ionophore mediated membrane transport. G. R. Painter and B. C. Pressman, Top. Curr. Chem., 1982,101, 83-110 (105). 

Painter, R., and Pressman, B. C. Dynamics Aspects of fonophore Mediated Membrane Transport. / /, 84-110(1982). 

Equation (118) provides the conceptual basis for all subsequent considerations The nonzero elements of the matrices A and 0% define the new parameter space of the system, that is, the possible dynamic behavior of the system is evaluated in terms of these new parameters. Crucial to the analysis, the elements of both matrices have a well-defined and straightforward interpretation in biochemical terms, making their evaluation possible even in the face of incomplete knowledge about the detailed kinetic parameters of the involved enzymes and membrane transporters. Any further evaluation now rest on a careful interpretation of the two parameters matrices. 

As well as being the causative organisms of a number of major human and animal diseases (e.g. cysticercosis, hydatidosis), cestodes serve as elegant experimental models for the study of fundamental biological phenomena. These include not only problems of specific parasitological interest, such as host-specificity, but also more basic problems such as enzyme dynamics, membrane transport and cell and tissue differentiation (especially asexual/sexual differentiation), common to many other biological fields. 

Xu, X. H. N., Chen, J., Jeffers, R. B., and Kyriacou, S. (2002), Direct measurement of sizes and dynamics of single living membrane transporters using nanooptics, Nano Lett., 2,175-182. 

Looking through the literature to date it is apparent that the use of constitutionally dynamic interfaces for biorecognition and membrane transport represents an emerging field. There are quite a few examples where biomimetic type supported... 

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