Transport biology

Shneider, B. L. Intestinal bile acid transport biology, physiology, and pathophysiology. J. Pediatr. Gastroenterol. Nutr. 2001, 32, 407-417. 

Inner Blood-Retinal Barrier Transport Biology and Methodology... 

Eliminates the need to transport biological materials off-site for disposal. 

Clear understanding of the differences between channels and carriers only came two decades later with the realization that the turnover number, the rate of maximal ion permeation, for the fastest carrier was at least two orders of magnitude lower that of a typical channel (see Hille, 1984, and below). In retrospect, it is odd to find that the experiments underpinning the two conceptual pillars (channels and carriers) which nurtured membrane transport biology through the second half of the 20th... 

Outwelling hypothesis suggestion by Odum (1968) that salt marshes transport biologically available organic matter into nearshore waters, thereby enhancing secondary production on the shelf. 

While NMR spectroscopy has provided much information about many aspects of channel structure and properties, many questions remain unanswered. With the advent of ultra-high magnetic field strengths and new techniques, such as TROSY, " which permits the NMR analysis of the structure, dynamics and interactions of proteins whose size is in the 100 kDa range and above, the future seems very bright for the application of NMR spectroscopy to the study of ion-transporting biological channels. 

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