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Biophysical Journal 11: 664-674 (1971)
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Kinetic Theory Model for Ion Movement through Biological Membranes

III. Steady-State Electrical Properties with Solution Asymmetry

Michael C. Mackey and Mildred L. McNeel

ABSTRACT

An electrodiffusion model for plasma membrane ion transport, which takes into account the influence of high electric field strengths and ion-membrane molecule interactions, is presented and analyzed. A generalized Nernst-Planck equation for steady-state situations is derived which has electric field-dependent mobility and diffusion coefficients. Under the assumption of a constant electric field within the membrane, this equation is integrated to give a more general form of the Goldman equation. Based on this equation numerical computations of ionic chord conductance as a function of applied electric field strength were carried out for several permeant ion concentration ratios. The model is capable of yielding significantly larger rectification ratios than is the Goldman equation. Further, high field asymptotes to the current vs. electric field strength curve do not generally intersect at the origin.






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