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Science 7 December 1979:
Vol. 206. no. 4423, pp. 1196 - 1198
DOI: 10.1126/science.228394
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Science, Vol 206, Issue 4423, 1196-1198
Copyright © 1979 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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The dielectric constant of phospholipid bilayers and the permeability of membranes to ions

JP Dilger, SG McLaughlin, TJ McIntosh, and SA Simon

The Born charging equation predicts that the permeability of a phospholipid bilayer membrane to ions should depend markedly on the dielectric constant of the membrane. Increasing the dielectric constant of an artificial bilayer increases its permeability to perchlorate or thiocyanate by a factor of 1000, to a value comparable to that of mitochondrial membranes.


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