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A basic function of cell membranes is discrimination in their permeability to such closely related ions as Na+ and K+, Ca2 + and Mg2 +, or Cl−and I−. This ionic discrimination underlies such basic cellular phenomena as the generation of resting potentials, action potentials, receptor potentials, transmitter release, active transport, and enzyme activation. The present chapter has two purposes: to compare the ion discrimination observed for the passive permeation of cell membranes with that induced in artificial lipid bilayer membranes by certain ion translocators*; and to examine the most salient theories and approaches toward determining the molecular origins of ionic discrimination in membrane transport.
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Krasne, S. (1980). Ion Selectivity in Membrane Permeation. In: Andreoli, T.E., Hoffman, J.F., Fanestil, D.D. (eds) Membrane Physiology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1718-1_12
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