TRANSPORT THROUGH BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES: A SURVEY,
Abstract
The rapid development of the fundamental biological disciplines in recent years has made it possible to elucidate the ultrastructure of the individual cell and its physiological and biochemical characteristics. One of the central areas of cell physiology, and a subject of ever greater clinical importance, is the biological membranes and transport phenomena connected therewith. The cells of living organisms are separated from the environment by membranes, i.e., thin films of colloid gel structure whose most interesting characteristic is their permeability to dissolved substances. The human organism can also be perceived as a system of membranes that separate various solutions (phases) in dynamic equilibrium, a perception that is valuable for the understanding of the transport of both physiological substances and pharmaca between the surface of the organism and the structures localized in the individual cell, where the enzymatic and metabolic processes take place. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 04, 1965
- Accession Number
- AD0837466
Entities
People
- Mogens Kampp
Organizations
- United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories