Self-focusing of ion channels in cell adhesion
- 1 August 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review E
- Vol. 52 (2) , R1303-R1305
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.52.r1303
Abstract
Accumulation of ion channels in a cell membrane may be triggered by the flow of current through the channels if the membrane is closely attached to a surface and if the channels are electrophoretically mobile. Using the Smoluchowski-Kelvin equations to describe the channel density and the voltage in the cleft between membrane and surface, it is shown that this process may occur for parameters which may well be realized in a tissue or in cell culture.Keywords
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