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The Conway Review Lecture, delivered to the Section of Biological Sciences, Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, 28th, June, 1979.

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Kernan, R.P. Sources of electrical potential across membranes. IJMS 149, 137–147 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02939128

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